The number of people needed to accept radiotherapy is increasing with the higher incidence of tumor,and the continuous development of radiation therapy technology has extended the longterm survival of patients.Avoiding the occurrence of radiation damage is particularly important.Since NF-κB plays an important role in gene transcription and regulation of radiation damage,this article introduced the structure,activation and function of NF-κB,reviewed the findings of NF-κB alterations in radiation injuries of brain and lung,and sketched the studies of NF-κB inhibitor.

Fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) has been identified as a novel gene related with obesity in recent years.A large amount of studies report the significant association between FTO expression level and energy metabolism.Besides,epidemiological studies and meta-analysis studies indicate the possibility that FTO gene polymorphism is related with cancer risk such as pancreatic cancer,endometrial cancer,breast cancer and so on.Taken account of the special energy metabolism in cancer cells which is different from that in normal cells,it is rather a novel and hot hypothesis to be investigated that FTO plays an important role in regulating energy metabolism of cancers.

Prophylactic cranial irradiation is an effective means of dealing with brain metastasis of cancer,which can reduce the incidence of brain metastasis by killing the micrometastasis and then improve the prognosis.The effectiveness has been verified in small cell lung cancer,but the application is still in the exploration in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and breast cancer.Prophylactic cranial irradiation is expected to become the conventional treatment for patients with NSCLC of ⅢA-N2 stage after operation and adjuvant chemotherapy or breast cancer of epithelial growth factor receptor-positive after receiving trastuzumab.

The formation and progression of tumor is inseparable from the changes of cell cycle regulatory proteins.The G2-M period block effect of tumor cells is especially important in slowing the growth of tumor and improving the curative effect.DNA damage receptor,signal transduction factor and effectors are the classical pathways to mediate G2 phase arrest of tumor cells,and have the potential to be new targets for tumor therapy.

Objective To investigate the biological effects of nonthermal plasma (NTP) combined with X-ray irradiation on human hepatocellular carcinoma in nude mice.Methods By subcutaneous inoculation, tumor models of human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 in nude mice were established, and these mice were divided into control group, NTP treatment group, X-ray irradiation group, combined treatment group.The changes of tumor microenvironment were observed using hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining.The terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick end labeling (TUNEL) was used to determine the level of neuronal apoptosis in tumor tissues.The expression of metal matrix proteinase-2 (MMP-2) was detected by immunohistochemical assay.Transmission electron microscope was used to observe cell structure changes.Results The final tumor volumes of control group, NTP treatment group, X-ray irradiation group, combined treatment group were (543.96±108.45), (436.54±65.49), (351.66±56.68), (281.97±35.60)mm3, with a statistically significant difference (F=9.63, P=0.01), and the difference between X-ray radiation group and the combination treatment group was significant (P=0.05).HE staining showed that there was a larger area of necrosis in the combined treatment group compared with the other groups.TUNEL showed that the apoptotic indexes were (0.95±0.13)%, (5.82±0.26)%, (7.53±0.43)%, (11.07±0.35)% respectively, with a statistically significant difference (F=547.76, P=0.00), and the difference between X-ray radiation group and the combination treatment group was statistically significant (P=0.00).The immune scores of each group were 12, 9, 9, 2.Electron microscopic observation showed that there were more apoptotic bodies in the combined treatment group than those in the other groups, accompanied by mitochondrial edema.Conclusion NTP and X-ray irradiation therapy in the treatment of human hepatocellular carcinoma in nude mice model has a synergistic effect.Probably, it can be a new type of treatment in curing cancers.

External-beam radiotherapy is one of the principle treatment options for localized prostate cancer. Conventionally fractionated radiotherapy is widely used in clinical practice. Studies have shown that prostate cancer is highly sensitive to hypofractionated radiotherapy, also known as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), and increasing radiotherapy dose can significantly improve the local control rate of tumor. A number of recently completed researches have shown that SBRT is as effective as conventionally fractionated radiotherapy. In terms of radiation toxicity, the short-term toxicity of SBRT is more obvious than that of conventionally fractionated radiotherapy, but there is no significant difference in long-term toxicity. SBRT can provide more convenience for patients, and the medical cost is lower, so it has a great clinical application prospect.

Objective To establish and investigate C57 BL/6 mice model of radiation induced heart injury and ser-um marker. Methods Twenty eight female C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into 3 groups:normal group (n=4 ) , 18 Gy radiation therapy group ( n=12 ) , 25 Gy radiation therapy group ( n=12 ) . The mice were weighed every week. Respectively, 0, 8 and 16 weeks after irradiation, the pathological changes of myocardial tissue were observed by hemetoxylin-eosin( HE) staining and made pathological score. Inferior vena cava blood was collected to take cardiac troponin I ( cTnI) test. Results Compared with the normal group,the weight of radiation group went down first then went up slowly. The myocardial tissue from mice had obvious histopathological changes. Acute in-flammation was the main change in the early days. At the late stage, progressive fibrosis was the main characteris-tic. With the increase of the dose, the inflammatory reaction and fibrosis degree had aggravated, pathological chan-ges had occurred earlier. cTnI showed a trend of higher performance over time, and had a correlation with patholo-gy. Conclusion We successfully established radiation induced myocaridal injury model. As a noninvasive serum marker, cTnI can be used as the evaluation standard of radiation induced myocardial injury animal model.

Objective To investigate the dynamic changes of VEGF mRNA and protein in the injured brain of rats irradiated by 20 Gy of electron beams.Methods A total of 114 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups,42 rats in sham group with sham-irradiation,and the other 72 rats in irradiation group that the whole brains of rats were administered with a single dose of 20 Gy electron beam (6 MeV) to establish an animal model of radiation-induced brain injury.All rats were terminated at 1,3,7,14,28,42,56 d post-irradiation respectively.The pathological changes were observed with light microscopies.Real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR was used to measure the level of VEGF mRNA in the brain tissue.The expression of VEGF protein in whole brain tissue was detected with Western blot.The VEGF protein expression in brain endothelium,gliacyte and neuron were measured via immunohistoehemistry with computerized image processing.Results The pathological process of radiationinduced brain injury (RBI) included brain endothelial cell damage,brain edema,thrombosis formation and ablation,revascularization and angiogenesis.In the irradiation group,the expression of VEGF mRNA was declined significantly at 1,3,7,2g,42 d post-irradiation (t =16.275-46.118,P ＜ 0.05).The VEGF protein expression in whole brain tissue was up-regulated at 1 and 7 d after irradiation,but downregulated at 3,14,28,42,56 d post-irradiation.There were VEGF positive cells in the brain endothelium,gliacyte and neuron at 1 d after irradiation.The expression of VEGF protein in gliacyte and neuron significantly was increased at 1,14,42,56 d post-irradiation (t =-8.394--4.697,P ＜ 0.05),and increased significantly in brain endothelial cells at 1,14,and 42 d after irradiation (t =-5.554--4.159,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The expression of VEGF mRNA was relatively suppressed in RBI rats.The expression of VEGF protein in whole brain tissue was up-regulated only at the early stage of RBI.The expressions of VEGF protein in brain endothelium,gliacyte and neuron were increased in the observation period,which induced brain edema and the formation of thrombosis at the acute RBI stage,and participated in the progression of angiogenesis and thrombosis ablation at the early-delayed RBI stage.

Objective:To investigate the diagnostic and terapeutical value of FPG,GA,HbA1c and GA/HbA1c ratio in T1DM/T2DM.Methods:The study was made by case-control method.In our study,30 healthy subjects were selected from health physical ex-amination as control group while 160 diabetics were selected as case group,in which there are 76 TIDM and 84 T2DM.Analyzing the difference of relevance of FPG,GA and HbA1c,the difference of GA/HbA1c and threshold of the case and the control,and this analysis was also used between the T1DM and the T2DM.The data was managed by independent-sample t test,ROCK and Pearson correlation test of SPSS.Results:The results of FPG,GA ,HbA1c and GA/HbA1c ratio of T1DM and T2DM were significantly higher than those in the control group(P<0.01).And they were higher in the T1DM than in the T2DM(P<0.01);in the T1DM group,GA was strongly positive correlative with HbA1c(P<0.01),FPG was weakly positive correlative with GA(P>0.05),and weakly negative correlative with HbA1c(P>0.05);in T2DM group,there were positive correlation among FPG,GA and HbA1c(P<0.05),the degree of correlation ranked as HbA1c/GA>FPG/GA>FPG/HbA1c;analyzing the ROC of measures in T1DM group,the sensitivity and specificity were re-spectively 86.8% and 100% for diagnosing DM when FPG threshold was set on 5.86 mmol/L ( AUC=0.922 ) ( P<0.05 ).The sensitivity and specificity were both 100% for detecting DM when GA threshold was set on 15.5%( AUC=1 ) ( P<0.05 ).The sensitivity and specificity were respectively 98.7%and 100%for diagnosing DM when HbA1c threshold was set to 6.10%( AUC=1) ( P<0.05).The sensitivity and specificity were respectively 93.4% and 100% for diagnosing DM when the threshold of GA/HbA1c was set on 2.95 ( AUC=0.992 ) ( P<0.05 );analyzing the ROC of measures in T2DM group, the sensitivity and specificity were respectively 91.7% and 100% for diagnosing DM when FPG threshold was set on 5.94 mmol/L ( AUC=0.941 ) ( P<0.05 ).The sensitivity and specificity were respectively 85.7%and 100%for diagnosing DM when GA threshold was set on 15.5%( AUC=0.977) ( P<0.05).The sensitivity and specificity were respectively 97.6% and 100% for diagnosing DM when HbA1c threshold was set on 5.95%(AUC=0.991)(P<0.05).The ratio of GA/HbA1c had no diagnostic cutoff point,AUC was 0.644(P>0.05).Conclusion:FPG,GA, HbA1c and GA/HbA1c ratio are of high value in monitoring of blood glucose, diagnosis and typing in T1DM and T2DM.There are missed diagnosis when we diagnose T1DM and T2DM by the upper limit of reagent instruestion of FPG,GA,HbA1c.It is more important for a person with T1DM to monitor FPG than others.

Objective To evaluate the effect of Fat Mass and Obesity Associated (FTO) gene on radiosensitivity of human glioma cell A172 and investigate its potential mechanism by changing the expression of FTO gene.Methods Cells were divided into five groups according to their FTO protein expression level.The normal expression group was recorded as A172 Group,the low-expression and its negative control group was A172/siRNA and A172/NC Group,and the over-expression and its negative control group was A172/FTO and A172/PC group.FTO protein expressions were assayed by Western blot in A172 Group after irradiation.Clonogenic assay was executed to evaluate the relationship between FTO gene and radiosensitivity.Immunofluorescence and Western blot assay were applied to detect the proteins of DNA damage and repair.Results FTO protein expression level in A172 Group was significantly related to the irradiation dose and the time post-irradiation.The radiosensitization ratio (SERD0) of A172/siRNA and A172/FTO group were 1.829 and 0.812 respectively.Not only the number of γ-H2AX foci increased (t =-21.884,P ＜ 0.05) in A172/siRNA 1 h post-irradiation but the decreases of p-p95/NBS1 and Ku80 proteins were also detected (t =24.731,23.293,P ＜ 0.05) together with the increase of Rad50 protein (t =3.140,P ＜ 0.05).But the expressions of these proteins in A172/FTO group were opposite to the above phenomenon (t =0.642,-8.364,26.829,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions FTO gene is a radiation-resistant gene,which may because the regulation of FTO gene could alter the primary injury and DNA damage repair in the irradiated tumor cells.