1.Pingyangmycin(bleomycin A5)-mediated electrochemotherapy on human prostate cancer cell line PC-3M in vitro
Xihua CHANG ; Jinguo WANG ; Yong XIA
Chinese Journal of Urology 1994;0(02):-
Objective To investigate the efficacy of electrochemotherapy with pingyangmycin (bleomycin A5) for the treatment of human prostate cell line PC 3M in vitro. Methods The prostate cancer cells were treated by pingyangmycin alone, electric pulse alone and by electrochemotherapy, i.e. electric pulses were delivered after pingyangmycin was given. Cytotoxicity was examined by MTT assay and histological examination. Results The maximum nontoxic dose for pingyangmycin was 0.1 ?g/ml; The maximum voltage not showing cytotoxicity was 125 V/mm.The 50% inhibitory concentration was 100 times reduced in electrochemotherapy than pingyangmycin alone. Conclusions The cytotoxicity of pingyangmycin can be enhanced by electric impulses. Pingyangmycin may be a novel drug for electrochemotherapy.
2.Transfection and expressiOn of green fluorescent protein gene in prostate carcinoma PC-3M cell line
Hong DENG ; Xihua CHANG ; Qian DAI ; Na WANG ; Jianju LIU ; Hong CAO
Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) 2000;26(6):592-594
Objective:To reseach the expression of green fluorescent protein(GFP)gene in prostate car-cinoma PC-3M cell line and the efffect of cell cycle.Methods:GFP gene recombination DNA was construct-ed and PC-3M cells were transfected with lipofectin regant.The expression of GFP was observed under in-vert fluorescence microscope.Meanwhile,the cell cycle of positive cell colon was assayed by flOw cytome-ter.Resuits:After transfection,about 10%~15%cells expressed green fluorescent protein and there wasno significant change compared the cell cycle of positive cell colon with parents cells.Conclusion:GFP sup-plys a new way in reseaching metabolic phenomenon of live cells.
3.Mechanisms of Yangxin Tongmai Formula for blood stasis syndrome in coronary heart disease rats based on untargeted plasma metabolomics and intestinal flora 16S rRNA sequencing
LIU Yinxing ; CHEN Zijun ; WANG Yiqin ; CHENG Xihua ; LI Jie ; CHEN Lingli
Digital Chinese Medicine 2023;6(2):198-209
【Objective】 To investigate the correlations between intestinal flora, plasma metabolites, and
blood stasis syndrome in coronary heart disease (CHD), and the mechanisms of Yangxin
Tongmai Formula (养心通脉方, YXTMF) for blood stasis syndrome in CHD rats.
【Methods】 A total of 18 specific pathogen free (SPF) male Sqrague-Dawley (SD) rats were used
to establish CHD rat models with blood stasis syndrome, which were then randomized into model, YXTMF, and atorvastatin calcium (AVT) groups, with six rats in each group, and were intervened through gavage for two weeks. Subsequently, additional six rats that received normal diet were included as normal group. The pathological changes in the CHD rat models were identified by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. The electrocardiogram, hemodynamics, and lipid profiles of the rats were detected as well. The untargeted plasma metabolomics of rats were analyzed by liquid chromotography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), their ileal mucosal flora by 16S rRNA sequencing, and the correlation between the two results were also analyzed.
【Results】 The whole blood viscosity, total cholesterol (TC), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) of rats in the model group increased compared with those in the control group (P < 0.05). In the model group, the proliferation of endothelial cells in the coronary artery of rats was damaged, with quite a few vacuolated pathological changes observed. However, the endothelial lesions in the coronary artery of rats were alleviated in the intervention groups (YXTMF and AVT groups). With the use of LC-MS/MS, a total of 33 potential endogenous metabolites were identified in plasma, among which 1-methylhistidine, N-acetylhistamine, progesterone, and deoxycorticosterone were expected to be the differential metabolites in CHD rats with blood stasis syndrome. The 16S rRNA sequencing results showed that improved diversity and abundance of intestinal flora were observed in the YXTMF group. The correlation analysis suggested that Hydrogenophaga, Limnohabitans, and Polaromonas, which were highly related to the formation of blood stasis syndrome in CHD patients, were positively correlated with plasma metabolites such as 5-hydroxyindole, N-acetylhistamine,
and progesterone (P < 0.01), but were negatively correlated with plasma metabolites such as L-arginine, homoarginine, and Boc-beta-cyano-L-alanine (P < 0.01). After YXTMF intervention, Lactobacillus, Corynebacterium, and Candidatus Nitrososphaera were positively correlated with plasma metabolites such as Boc-β-cyano-L-alanine, stachydrine, and naringenin (P < 0.05), while negatively correlated with 5-hydroxyindole, N-acetylhistamine, and oleoylethanolamide (P < 0.05).
【Conclusion】 YXTMF could alleviate blood stasis syndrome in CHD rats through improving
their plasma metabolisms achieved by regulating the intestinal flora.