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Caffeine* ; HeLa Cells* ; Humans

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Adenoviridae* ; DNA* ; HeLa Cells* ; Humans

A new isoprenylated stilbene, flavestinK (1) together with two known isoprenylated stilbenes, flavestin B (2), flavestin G (3), and two isoprenilated flavanones, 4-O-methyl-8-isoprenylnaringenin (4) and 8-isoprenyl-5,7-dihydroxyflavanone (5) were isolated from the leaves of Macaranga recurvata Gage. All of the structures have been determined based on HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR spectral data. All of the isolated compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against three human cancer cells (HeLa, T47D and WiDr). Compound 1 showed higher activity than doxorubicin against HeLa cells with IC₅₀ value of 13.1 µg/mL.
Doxorubicin ; Euphorbiaceae ; Flavanones ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Stilbenes

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Escherichia coli* ; Escherichia* ; HeLa Cells* ; Humans ; Virulence Factors* ; Virulence*

PURPOSE: Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) are emerging as potentially useful components of anticancer therapy and their radiosensitizing effects have become evident. Specific HDIs are now available that preferentially inhibit specific HDAC classes; TSA inhibits Class I and II HDACs, and SK7041 inhibits Class I HDACs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We tested the differential radiosensitization induced by two different classes of HDIs in HeLa cells. We next tested the hypothesis that p53 expression in cancer cells may influence the susceptibility to HDIs by using pharmacologic modification of the p53 status under an isogenic background. RESULTS: It is interesting that p53 expression in the HeLa cells clearly increased the degree of radiosensitization by TSA compared to that of the class I specific inhibitor SK7041. This suggests that p53 may, in part, be responsible for the mechanistic role for the greater radiosensitization induced by Class I & II inhibitors compared to that of the class I specific inhibitors. Thus, these studies are useful in distinguishing between events mediated solely by the Class I HDACs versus those events involving the other classes of HDACs as well. CONCLUSION: The anticancer efficacy of targeting Class I and II HDACs, in conjunction with radiation therapy, may be further enhanced by the restoration of p53 expression.
HeLa Cells* ; Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors ; Humans ; Radiation-Sensitizing Agents

Here we investigate the physical and chemical properties of chiral self-assembling peptides and the role of uterine trauma regeneration. The circular dichroism was used to analyze secondary structure of chiral self-assembled peptide, and Congo red staining was used to observe the macroscopic process of peptide self-assembling. Erythrocyte lysis assay was used to examine the cleavage of peptide on cell membrane. The nanofiber scaffolds self-assembled by Chiral self-assembling peptides were used as the three-dimensional culture material to observe the growth effect of Hela cell. CCK-8 (cell counting kit-8) was used to study cell viability level between 2D (2-dimensional) and 3D (3-dimensional) culture environment. Rats endometrium curettage model was founded to evaluate the changes by immunohistochemistry staining and and HE staining. The secondary structure of chiral self-assembling peptides was stable β-sheet, and peptide could form dense membrane structure after 24 hours self-assembling cultured in salt ions. There was no harmful for the cell membrane of the peptide before and after self-assembling. Animal experiments show that chiral self-assembling peptide can significantly reduce the inflammatory response, promote the production of neovascularization, and accelerate the repair process. Chiral self-assembling peptide, as a new type of scaffold material, can construct a three-dimensional cell culture environment and used to repair uterine trauma.
Animals ; Endometrium ; Female ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Nanofibers ; Peptides ; Rats ; Regeneration

Fourteen compounds were isolated from the ethanol extract of Dalbergiae Odoriferae Lignum by various chromatographic techniques, including column chromatographies on silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and semi-preparative HPLC. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic techniques as S-3'-hydroxy-7,2',4'-trimethoxyisoxane(1), 2-(2',4'-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-hydroxybenzofuran(2), 2-(2'-hydroxy-4'-methoxyphenyl)-6-methoxybenzofuran(3), 7,2',4'-trimethoxydihydroisoflavone(4), sativanone(5), 3,9-dimethoxy-6H-benzofuro[3,2-c]chromen-6-one(6),(6 aS,11 aS)-homopterocarpin(7),(6 aS,11 aS)-8-hydroxy-3,9-dimethoxypterocarpan(8),(6 aS,11 aS)-3,8,9-trimethoxypterocarpan(9), isodalbergin(10), isoliquiritigenin(11), butein(12), butin(13) and 3,7,4'-trihydroxyflavone(14). Among them, compound 1 was a new compound, while 2 and 3 were new natural products, 6, 8, 9 and 14 were isolated for the first time from Dalbergiae Odoriferae Lignum. Compounds 1-14 were tested for their cytotoxic activity against human hepatoma cell line BEL-7402, human gastric cancer cell line SCG-7901, human lung cancer cell line A549, human chronic myeloid leukemia cell line K562 and HeLa human cervical cancer cellline by MTT method. Compound 1 exhibited significant cytotoxicity with IC_(50) values ranging from 2.85 to 11.62 μg·mL~(-1). In addition, 2, 11 and 12 showed weak cytotoxic activities.
Antineoplastic Agents ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; HeLa Cells ; Humans

We evaluated the ability of lactic acid bacteria, Weissella cibaria, isolated from the oral cavity to adhere to epithelial cells. W. cibaria efficiently adhered to KB cells and HeLa cells. In addition, W. cibaria efficiently adhered to Fusobacterium nucleatum. But the adhesiveness of W. cibaria disappeared upon exposure to LiCl or pronase, suggesting that the S-layer proteins of W. cibaria mediated the adhesiveness. The molecular mass of the S-layer proteins extracted from W. cibaria was approximately 50 kDa. When W. cibaria strains were washed with 0.45% saline, the bacteria were efficiently adhered to the epithelial cells. In conclusion, W. cibaria has the ability to adhere to epithelial cells through the S-layer proteins.
Adhesiveness ; Bacteria ; Epithelial Cells* ; Fusobacterium nucleatum ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; KB Cells ; Lactic Acid ; Mouth ; Pronase ; Weissella*

In order to investigate in greater detail the two methods based on Hertz model for analyzing force-distance curve obtained by atomic force microscopy, we acquired the force-distance curves of Hela and MCF-7 cells by atomic force microscopy (AFM) indentation in this study. After the determination of contact point, Young's modulus in different indentation depth were calculated with two analysis methods of "two point" and "slope fitting". The results showed that the Young's modulus of Hela cell was higher than that of MCF-7 cell,which is in accordance with the F-actin distribution of the two types of cell. We found that the Young's modulus of the cells was decreased with increasing indentation depth and the curve trends by "slope fitting". This indicated that the "slope fitting" method could reduce the error caused by the miscalculation of contact point. The purpose of this study was to provide a guidance for researcher to choose an appropriate method for analyzing AFM indentation force-distance curve.
Actins ; Elastic Modulus ; HeLa Cells ; cytology ; Humans ; MCF-7 Cells ; cytology ; Microscopy, Atomic Force

BACKGROUND: Human telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase, which synthesizes telomeric repeat sequences, and human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) has been identified as the catalytic subunit, as well as the rate-limiting component, of telomerase. In this study, we attempted to identify the modulators of telomerase, and to determine the molecular mechanisms underlying cisplatin-induced apoptosis. METHODS: To determine the role of telomerase in cisplatin-induced apoptosis, we measured telomerase activity and analyzed apoptosis using PI and trypan blue staining. Also, we inhibited the caspase activations using Z-VAD-fmk to analyze the effects on expression of hTERT protein. Finally, we induced the transient co-expression of the Bcl-2 and Bak genes in HEK293 cells, and then, the telomerase activity and expression of hTERT were evaluated. RESULTS: In the Bcl-2-overexpressing HeLa cells, telomerase activity was more enhanced, and cell death was reduced to 40-50% that of the mock controls. This finding suggests that Bcl-2-induced telomerase activity exerts an antiapoptotic effect in cisplatin-induced death. As caspase activation was inhibited via Z-VAD-fmk, the hTERT protein was recovered in the mock controls, but not in the Bcl-2-overexpressing cells. This suggests that the expression of hTERT can be regulated by caspases, but Bcl-2 was located within the upstream pathway. Moreover, when the Bcl-2 and Bak genes were co-transfected into the HEK293, both telomerase activity and hTERT protein were prominently reduced. CONCLUSIONS: Bcl-2-induced telomerase activity inhibits cisplatin-induced apoptosis in HeLa cells, and can be regulated via both caspases and the interaction of Bcl-2 and Bak.
Apoptosis ; Caspases* ; Catalytic Domain ; Cell Death* ; Cisplatin ; HEK293 Cells ; HeLa Cells ; Humans* ; Ribonucleoproteins ; Telomerase* ; Trypan Blue