1.Advances in treatment of acute traumatic central cord syndrome
Gentao FAN ; Guodong GUO ; Guangxin ZHOU ; Gang LIU
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2016;29(4):427-430
Acute traumatic central cord syndrome ( ATCCS) is the most common incomplete cervical spinal cord injury .Its di-agnosis mainly depends on the mechanism of injury , physical signs and imaging examination .The main treatment method is conserva-tion or surgery.Here we reviews the progress of its pathogenesis , pathophysiological changes , and surgical treatment advances .
2.Influences different functional groups on the biological characteristics of the osteosarcoma Saos-2 cell line
Peng HE ; Xing ZHOU ; Xiaozhou LIU ; Yu CONG ; Haidong XU ; Gentao FAN ; Guangxin ZHOU ; Xin SHI ; Sujia WU ; Jianning ZHAO
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2016;29(7):703-707
Objective Microenvironment plays important roles in the proliferation , viability, and apoptosis of tumor cells. This study was to investigate the effects of different functional groups on the biological characteristics of the osteosarcoma Saos -2 cell line in vitro. Methods Using self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols on gold , we prepared different terminal chemical groups , including methyl (-CH3 ) , amino (-NH2 ) , hydroxyl (-OH) , and carboxyl (-COOH ) .We determined the similar density of different functional groups by contact angle measurement and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy , and observed the effects of different functional groups on the adhesion , proliferation, viability, and apoptosis of the osteosarcoma Saos-2 cells by fluorescence microscopy , CCK-8 as-say, flow cytometry, and scan electron microscopy (SEM). Results The surface of -COOH and -NH2 promoted the adhesion and proliferation of the of the Saos-2 cells, with a good compatibility , while that of -CH3 was unfavorable for their adhesion and proliferation and even increased their apoptosis . The promoting effects of the functional groups on the adhesion and proliferation of the cells were listed in the following order: -COOH ≥ -NH2 >-OH -CH3 , while their toxicity and apoptosis-increasing effect ranked as -CH3 -OH >-NH2 >-COOH. Conclusion The-CH3 group inhibits the adhesion and proliferation and promotes the apoptosis of Saos-2 cells, which has provided some evidence for the surface design of biomaterials.
3.Construction of anti-BCMA chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-BCMA) modified T cells and its cytotoxicity against tumor cells
HAO Ruidong ; TIAN Fang ; YANG Zhenli ; WANG Minliang ; ZHANG Dating ; LI Yantao ; FAN Pengcheng ; ZHU Xuejun ; LIU Gentao
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2019;26(2):152-158
Objective: :To explore a novel chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell treatment to treat Multiple Myeloma (MM) via target B cell maturation antigen (BCMA). Methods: :A CAR-BCMA molecular was constructed based on mouse originated BCMA scFv, and was packaged into lentiviral vector and transfected into T cells from healthy donors to construct CAR-BCMA-T cells. The BCMApositive cell lines A549-BCMA, A549-BCMAOFP and K562-BCMA were constructed as target cells. Then, the CAR-BCMA-T cells were co-incubated with the constructed target cells and human myeloma U266 cells, and the cytotoxic effects of CAR-BCMA-T cells were evaluated via CCK-8 and FACS. Finally, the CAR-BCMA-T cells originated from MM patients were constructed, and its cytotoxicity against A549-BCMA were examined; in addition, the IFN-γ release level in CAR-BCMA-T cells was evaluated by ELISA and FACS. Results: After 11 days’incubation, the CAR-BCMA-T cells originated from healthy donors amplified 300 times with a positive rate of 43%. The BCMApositive target cell lines were constructed successfully. Under an effector : target ratio of 5:1, the killing rates of CARBCMA-T cells against A549-BCMA, K562-BCMA and U266 were about 80%, 60%, and 80%, respectively, which were significantly higher than those against BCMA negative cells; and the cytotoxicity was related to the BCMA expression level in target cells. What’ s more, at the effector : target ratio of 20:1, the CAR-BCMA-T cells originated from MM patients were demonstrated to exhibit a killing rate of more than 95% againstA549-BCMApositive cells, and produced large amount of IFN-γ. Conclusion: CAR-BCMA-T cells originated from both healthy and MM donors were successfully constructed, and they can effectively and specifically kill BCMA positive tumor cells.
4.In vitro construction and amplification and primary functional analysis of antiCD19 chimeric antigen receptor(CD19-CAR) modifiedTcells
LI Jian ; TIAN Fang ; JIANG Pengjun ; KONG Xiangtu ; WU Jian ; YIN Tingting ; XING Yun ; JIN Liang ; HAO Ruidong ; LIU Gentao ; ZHU Xuejun
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2018;25(4):389-393
[Abstract] Objective: To establish a chimeric antigen receptor(CAR)modified T cells specifically targeting CD19 molecule (CD19CAR-T cells) and to testify their in vitro killing effect on target cells. Methods: CD19-CAR fragments yielded by PCR were constructed into pCDH-GFP lentiviral vectors by molecular cloning technology. The packaged lentiviral particles were transducted into CD3+ T cells of donors. Transduction efficiency was measured by flow cytometry and PCR. The in vitro cytotoxicity of obtained CD19CAR-T cells against CD19+ Ramos cells was tested by 7-AAD staining. Results: The amplification folds of CD3+ T cells increased to (78.8± 23.2) folds after in vitro culture for 10 days, and about (58.3±5.4)% cells expressing GFP.About (57.4±9.3)% CD19+Ramos cells were specifically killed by the CD19-CAR-T cells in vitro at the E∶T ratio of 5∶1. Conclusion: This study successfully established an effective method for constructing and amplifying CD19-CAR-T cells in vitro, which showed profound efficiency and specific cytotoxity against CD19+ Ramos cells.And this report might provide an experimental evidence for clinical treatment of CD19+ B cell neoplasmas.
5.MiR-29b suppresses the proliferation and migration of osteosarcoma cells by targeting CDK6.
Kegan ZHU ; Lei LIU ; Junliang ZHANG ; Yanbo WANG ; Hongwei LIANG ; Gentao FAN ; Zhenhuan JIANG ; Chen-Yu ZHANG ; Xi CHEN ; Guangxin ZHOU
Protein & Cell 2016;7(6):434-444
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary sarcoma of bone, and it is a leading cause of cancer death among adolescents and young adults. However, the molecular mechanism underlying osteosarcoma carcinogenesis remains poorly understood. Recently, cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (CDK6) was identified as an important oncogene. We found that CDK6 protein level, rather than CDK6 mRNA level, is much higher in osteosarcoma tissues than in normal adjacent tissues, which indicates a post-transcriptional mechanism involved in CDK6 regulation in osteosarcoma. MiRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that repress gene expression at the post-transcriptional level and have widely been shown to play important roles in many human cancers. In this study, we investigated the role of miR-29b as a novel regulator of CDK6 using bioinformatics methods. We demonstrated that CDK6 can be downregulated by miR-29b via binding to the 3'-UTR region in osteosarcoma cells. Furthermore, we identified an inverse correlation between miR-29b and CDK6 protein levels in osteosarcoma tissues. Finally, we examined the function of miR-29b-driven repression of CDK6 expression in osteosarcoma cells. The results revealed that miR-29b acts as a tumor suppressor of osteosarcoma by targeting CDK6 in the proliferation and migration processes. Taken together, our results highlight an important role for miR-29b in the regulation of CDK6 in osteosarcoma and may open new avenues for future osteosarcoma therapies.
3' Untranslated Regions
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Bone Neoplasms
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metabolism
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pathology
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Movement
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Cell Proliferation
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Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6
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antagonists & inhibitors
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genetics
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metabolism
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Humans
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Mice
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MicroRNAs
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metabolism
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Osteosarcoma
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metabolism
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pathology
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RNA Interference
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RNA, Messenger
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metabolism
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RNA, Small Interfering
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metabolism
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Rats
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Sequence Alignment
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Up-Regulation