1.Expression and clinicopathologic significance of peroxiredoxin Ⅱ in gastric cancer
Linjun NIU ; Hao XU ; Gaolei MA ; Yuming GU
China Oncology 2017;27(8):641-647
Background and purpose: Peroxiredoxin Ⅱ (PrxⅡ) has the activity of peroxidase. The relevant studies found it played an important role in gastric cancer. This study aimed to investigate the expression of PrxⅡ in human gastric cancer tissues and cells, analyze its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics, and explore the relationship between PrxⅡ and the prognosis and the development of gastric cancer. Methods: The expression of PrxⅡmRNA and protein in gastric cancer tissues and the paired adjacent normal tissues from 45 patients was detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RTFQ-PCR) and Western blot. The same methods were used to detect the expression of PrxⅡ mRNA and protein in GES-1, MGC-803, MKN-45 and MKN-28. Tissue mi-croarray and immunohistochemistry were used to detect the expression of PrxⅡ protein in gastric cancer tissues and the paired adjacent normal tissues from 116 patients. The relationship between the results and clinicopathological char-acteristics was analyzed. The prognosis was analyzed. Results: According to results of RTFQ-PCR and Western blot, we found that PrxⅡ mRNA and protein in gastric cancer tissues were significantly higher than that in adjacent normal tissues (P<0.05). PrxⅡ mRNA and protein in gastric cancer cells were higher than that in normal gastric cells (P<0.01).Immunohistochemistry revealed that the expression of PrxⅡ protein in gastric cancer tissues (76.7%) was also significantly higher (P<0.01) than that in adjacent normal tissues (30.1%). The expression of PrxⅡ protein is significantly related to tumor size, histological differentiation, depth of invasion, TNM stage and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05), but had no significant relationship with the gender, age, tumor location and distant metastasis. Survival in patients with higher PrxⅡ expression significantly shorter than in those with lower expression (P<0.01). PrxⅡ is an independent prognostic factor of gastric cancer (P<0.05). Conclusion: PrxⅡ promotes the development of gastric cancer. It is one of the adverse prognostic factors of gastric cancer and may serve as a new therapeutic target for gastric cancer.
2.Clinical analysis of parathyroid gland transplantation in subcutaneous tissue of upper abdomen for secondary hyperparathyroidism
Su FENG ; Lina MA ; Ruihao QIN ; Gaolei JIA ; Hailin XI
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2022;43(8):483-487
Objective:To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of parathyroid autotransplantation in subcutaneous tissue of upper abdomen after total parathyroidectomy in patients with severe secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT).Methods:From January 2018 to January 2020, retrospective reviews were conducted for clinical data of 29 patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism undergoing epigastric parathyroid autotransplantation after total parathyroidectomy.Clinical and biochemical characteristics were recorded.Serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone and alkaline phosphatase before and after operation were analyzed by paired sample t-test and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.01). The follow-up period was 1, 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation and yearly after 12 months. Results:All operations were successful.The postoperative levels of calcium[(2.25±0.32) vs.(2.49±0.24) mmol/L], phosphorus[(1.72±0.65) vs. (2.09±0.75) mmol/L], alkaline phosphatase[(199.02±77.68) vs.(384.21±154.5) U/L]and parathyroid hormone (PTH)[(8.01±7.00) vs.(1 930.64±620.51) pg/ml]were significantly lower than the preoperative levels ( P<0.01). And the differences were statistically significant.And 17/18 hypertensive patients improved post-operation; postoperative improvement was not obvious for 21 anemic patients, 17 patients improved within 1 year.Among 26 cases with bone pain, 16 cases disappeared immediately postoperatively, 5 disappeared within 1 month and 5 within 3 months.Among 13 cases with skin itch, 10 cases disappeared immediately and 3 cases at 1 month post-operation.The level of PTH recovered at different follow-up timepoints with an average recovery time of (4.45±2.31) months. Conclusions:Autologous transplantation of parathyroid gland in epigastric subcutaneous tissue after parathyroidectomy is both safe and effective for secondary hyperparathyroidism.