1.The role of apoptosis in pancreatic cancer therapy
Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Feng WEN ; Zaiming LU
Practical Oncology Journal 2016;30(4):375-379
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma ( PAC) is still a refractory human digest malignancies due to multi-faceted causes ,late diagnosis and insensitive to traditional chemo -and radio-therapy .Resistance to apoptosis could be one of the most relevant mechanisms for PAC to escape any non -surgical therapy .This review aims to clear up the main deregulated apoptosis signal pathways over the years and to find out the abnormal molecule tar -get(s),and therefore,provide novel concepts for PAC molecular targeting therapy .
2.Role of cell apoptosis regulated by P53 in treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
Si GAO ; Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Zaiming LU
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2017;33(7):1373-1376
P53 abnormality or mutation is commonly seen in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and therefore, restoration of P53 function has become a research hotspot in the treatment of HCC.This article reviews the association of P53 with Bcl-2 protein family, microRNA, TGFβ, HBV, HCV, and AKT and the role of P53 in regulating cell apoptosis, in order to provide clues for improving the therapeutic outcome of HCC.
3.Research progress on TRAIL and its related apoptosis regulating mechanism in cholangiocarcinoma
Yun ZHAO ; Feng WEN ; Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Qiyong GUO
Practical Oncology Journal 2015;(1):49-52
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a common cancer in hepatobiliary system .Because CCA is in sensitive to conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy ,the current treatment is mainly depending on the surgical operation when diagnosed early .Tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis inducing ligand ( TRAIL) plays a key role in the process of controlling cell proliferation by binding with its receptor and therefore mediated cell apoptosis . Although the characteristic of selectively killing tumor cells by TRAIL makes it become the new direction of clini -cal treatment of cancer ,the condition that CCA cells are resistant to TRAIL mediated apoptosis restricts its scope of application.Nowadays many studies demonstrate that multiple signaling pathways can regulate the sensitive of CCA cells to TRAIL mediated apoptosis .In this review,we summarize the expression and effects of TRAIL and its receptor in CCA , and conclude the mechanism of multiple pathways restoring the sensitivity of CCA cells to TRAIL mediated apoptosis .
4.The prognosis predicting effect of serum microRNA in the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Ye WANG ; Zhihui CHANG ; Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Zhaoyu LIU
Practical Oncology Journal 2016;30(2):142-145
Hepatocellular carcinoma ( HCC ) is one of the most malignant tumors, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization( TACE) is a new treatment for HCC,which is currently considered as the standard care for pa-tients with unresectable HCC.MicroRNAs( miRNAs) ,a class of small non-coding RNAs,the correlations within miRNA dictions and tumor prognosis have been documented,and a part of miRNAs has been proposed as biomar-kers to reliably predict the outcomes before HCC patients being treated with TACE.
5.Study advances on the roles of apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma therapy
Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Feng WEN ; Xiaonan MAO ; Zaiming LU
Practical Oncology Journal 2016;30(5):448-452
Hepatocellular carcinoma ( HCC ) is one of the commonest malignant tumors in China .The therapeutic effects of conventional therapies including surgery resection at early stage ,chemotherapy or radiothera-py are greatly less than expected .One of the most possible reasons is the blockage of apoptosis in HCC cells .This review collects literatures about the studies on the roles of key signal pathways including RA ,STAT3,PDT,p53,β-catenin,TRAIL,microRNA and RAS in HCC therapy .This study may contribute greatly to providing outline in-sights for using apoptosis induction in liver cancer therapy .We hope it can promote the development liver cancer therapy in China .
6.Damage to skeletal muscle cells leads to delayed muscle soreness:how to effectively improve muscle recovery both in recovery speed and quality
Qiang LIU ; Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Shinong PAN ; Qiyong GUO
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2014;(38):6189-6193
BACKGROUND:There is no simple and effective method to relieve delayed muscle soreness.
OBJECTIVE:To conclude the injured mechanism and therapies of delayed muscle soreness by reviewing literature about damage and repair of the skeletal muscle.
METHODWanfang and PubMed databases (from January 1991 to January 2014) were retrieved for articles
related to morphological structure of the skeletal muscle, mechanism of delayed muscle soreness, and treatment and repair of the skeletal muscle using the keywords of“molecular mechanisms;delayed onset muscle soreness;pain;skeletal muscle;injury”in Chinese and English, respectively. Final y, 24 articles were included in result analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Studies have shown that skeletal muscle injury is related to calcium imbalance, energy imbalance and high concentration of active oxygen. Skeletal muscle injury includes metabolic injury, mechanical injury and inflammatory injury. Insulin-like growth factor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorγ-coactivator-1αpromoter and tumor necrosis factorαplay important roles in skeletal muscle repair process. Animal experiments have demonstrated that edaravone may reduce secondary damage and inflammatory infiltration by means of directly preventing rapid peroxidation injury of free radicals in the skeletal muscle. Clinical studies have shown that Chinese medicine preparations, massage and acupuncture can delay the occurrence of exercise-induced muscle injury and fatigue, to improve the speed and quality of the recovery of damaged muscles. The treatment of delayed muscle soreness can achieve satisfactory results by combining physiotherapy with traditional Chinese medicine.
7.Effects of miR-34a on proliferation, migration and invasion of colon cancer SW480 cell and its possible mechanism
Xiaojun HAO ; Chuanzhuo WANG ; Xiangxuan ZHAO ; He XIN ; Zhaoyu LIU
Practical Oncology Journal 2017;31(3):193-198
Objective The objective of this study was to investigate effects of miR-34a on the proliferation,invasion and migration of colon cancer SW480 cell and its possible mechanism.Methods miR-34a overexpressed lentivirus and empty virus vector were transfected into SW480 cells and untreated cells were used as blank control group.Real-time PCR was used to detect the expression of miR-34a in each group.The cell proliferation was detected by CCK8 assay.The cell migration and invasion ability were detected by wound healing and transwell assays.The expression of E-cadherin and Vimentin protein was detected by Western blotting.Results Compared with the empty virus vector group and the blank control group,the expression of miR-34a was increased in the transfected cells,and the cell proliferation efficiency,invasion and migration ability were decreased in the transfected cells (P < 0.05).miR-34a significantly increased the expression of E-cadherin protein and decreased Vimentin protein expression in the transfected cells.Conclusion miR-34a can inhibit the proliferation,invasion and migration of colon cancer SW480 cells,and affect the expression of E-cadherin and Vimentin.MR-34a is expected to be a potential molecular target for the metastasis and recurrence of colorectal cancer.
9. Advances in role of radiation sensitivity regulated by telomerase in cancer therapy
Tumor 2018;38(5):498-501
Ionizing radiation (IR) including X-ray and X-ray can induce apoptosis of cancer cells, mainly due to telomere damage and genome DNA breaks caused by IR. Although IR has been used clinically to cure some types of malignant tumors, the inherent or acquired resistance of cancer cells to IR has increasingly been an impediment for its usage. Overwhelming evidence has shown that telomerase is able to repair IR-induced telomere and chromosome damages, which may play key roles in mediating IR resistance. Unfortunately, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly known. This paper reviews the advances in research on telomerase-mediated regulation of IR sensitivity in recent 10 years, in order to clarify the molecular mechanism and the roles of telomerase-mediated regulation of IR sensitivity in cancer therapy and hope to provide useful clues and instructions for IR in cancer therapy.
10.Research advances in traditional Chinese medicine combined with interventional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Yang LIU ; Guiying LI ; Xiangxuan ZHAO
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2015;31(1):118-
Interventional therapy has become the first choice of non-surgical treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) due to its advantages such as little trauma and marked local effect. However, the clinical efficiency is less than expected. One of the possibilities is the resistance of cancer cells to anti-cancer drugs. Increasing attention has been paid to the combination of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and interventional therapy in HCC treatment. This paper reviews the progress in TCM combined with interventional therapy for HCC at animal experiment and clinical study levels in recent ten years. It is pointed out that the combination therapy with TCM and intervention for HCC has a unique advantage.