1.Effects of PTEN over-expression on phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal pathway in ovarian epithelial cancer cells
Yongning ZHAI ; Lingling XU ; Yue SHEN ; Hong XIA ; Yufei SHEN
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2010;45(9):682-685
Objective To evaluate the effect of exogenous wild PTEN gene stable transfected into human ovarian cancer cell line HO-8910 on phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase( PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)siganal pathway and cells proliferation. Methods Wild-type PTEN recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid was constructed and then was transfected into HO-8910 cells by lipofectamine 2000. The expression of PTEN, Akt1, Akt2, PI3K mRNA and protein of PTEN were tested by reverse transcription( RT)-PCR and Western blot. The proliferation of HO-8910 after wild PTEN gene transfected was measured by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT). Results Wild-type PTEN gene was successfully transfected into HO-8910 cells. The results of RT-PCR and western bolt showed that there were the significant expression high level of PTEN mRNA and protein after infected by wild-PTEN plasmid than those in the control[ ( 17 372 ±23)vs.(39±1 )vs. (78 ±4)copies/ml,P <0. 05 ]. While the expression of mRNA of Akt1, Akt2 and PI3K were decreased clearly than those in the control [ (28 ± 2 ) vs. ( 115 ± 5 ), (7 ± 1 ) vs. ( 18 ± 2), (61 ± 2 ) vs.(84 ± 2)copies/ml , all P < 0. 05 ]. The proliferation rate of HO-8910 cells was obviously slower than those in the control (90 158 ±47 vs. 148 251 ±65 vs. 250 115 ±62, P<0.05). Conclusion Transfection of PTEN may increase the expression of PTEN and inhibit the proliferation of HO-8910 cells, in which PI3K/ Akt siganal pathway is inhibit significantly.
2.IgG and IgM antibodies detection for pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis
Qiang XIA ; Chanchan FU ; Zujun ZHU ; Yongning YUE ; Min ZHU
Chinese Journal of Zoonoses 2014;(10):1052-1056
To evaluate the diagnostic value of heterologous serum antibody for tuberculosis ,we detected the serum spec-imens from 102 patients with tuberculosis (included 73 pulmonary TB and 29 extrapulmonary TB) ,223 patients with other re-spiratory diseases and 100 healthy people were enrolled into the study .Results of clinical diagnosis as the golden standard were used to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of the tuberculosis antibody .Tuberculosis antibody (IgG/IgM ) ,sputum bacterial culture and sputum smear were used to test M .tuberculosis infection parallelly .Results were compared by chi-square test .Re-sults showed that the sensitivity and specificity of IgG/IgM tuberculosis antibodies in diagnosis of tuberculosis were respectively 74 .51% and 91 .64% .The sensitivity of IgG/IgM tuberculosis antibodies in diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuber-culosis were respectively 82 .19% and 55 .17% ,which were significant differences between the positive detection rate of pulmo-nary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (P>0 .05) .The positive rate of IgG/IgM tuberculosis antibodies was higher than those in sputum culture and sputum smear (P<0 .05) .A total of 102 cases of tuberculosis in patients in different age groups were analyzed ,and the positive detection rate of children and elderly group were 58 .33% and 36% ,respectively ,which were far below the rate in the youth group (96 .15% ) and the middle-aged group (89 .74% ) .The chi-square value for the differences in age group in the sensitivity of IgG/IgM tuberculosis antibodies was significant difference (P<0 .05) .Six out of 425 cases of specimens were found as M .intracellulare ,and 2 as M .abscessus .However ,the IgG/IgM tuberculosis antibodies were negative in diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacteria .Antibody (IgG/IgM ) is sensitive ,rapid ,convenient ,and easy to manipulate the screening of tuberculosis .
3.The Expression of c-Jun and MMP-9 in Gastric Carcinoma and Its Relationship with the Biological Behaviors
Taowen REN ; Jing WU ; Yongning ZHOU ; Zhiyi ZHANG ; Tianjun HAO ; Juanxia WANG ; Shaojing ZOU ; Zhaofeng CHEN ; Shanshan HUANG ; Lihua ZHANG ; Yue ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010;37(1):19-22,28
Objective:To investigate the expression of c-Jun and MMP-9 in gastric cancer tissues,para-cancerous tissues and metastastic lymph nodes,and to explore its role and significance for the clinicopathology and prognosis.Methods:Immunohistochemistry was employed to detect the expression of c-Jun and MMP-9 in tissue microarrays containing gastric normal mucosa(n=32),para-cancerous tissues(n=54),metastastic lymph nodes(n=41),and gastric cancer tissues(n=189).Results:The positive rates for c-Jun and MMP-9 expression in gastric cancer were 73.0%and 78.3%,respectively.The positive rates of c-Jun protein was significantly associated with the degree of differentiation(P<0.05),but was not associated with the depth of invasion,lymph node metastasis,Lauren type,sex,age or size of tumor(P>0.05).The positive rates of MMP-9 was significantly associated with the depth of invasion,lymph node metastasis,Lauren type and degree of differentiation(P<0.05),but was not associated with sex,age or size of tumor(P>0.05).The positive rates of MMP-9 expression in the 41 gastnc cancer tissue samples and 41 metastastic lymph node tissue samples were significantly different(P<0.05).In metastastic lymph nodes,the positive rate of MMP-9 expression was higher.Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that the survival rate of patients with negative c-Jun and MMP-9 expression was higher than that of patients with positive c-Jun and MMP-9 expression(P<0.05).COX regression analysis showed that c-Jun and MMP-9 expressioh was not independent prognostic factor for gastric cancer. Conclusion:The expression of c-Jun is positively associated with the degree of differentiation.The increased c-Jun expression maybe an early indicator of gastric Cancer. The high expression of MMP-9 may involve the Occurrence,development,invasion,and metastasis of gastric cancer. C-Jun and MMP-9 are useful markers for predicting the outcome of gastric cancer,but they are not independent prognostic factors.
4.Comparison of three molecular assays for detection of rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Libin LIU ; Jing WANG ; Hao LI ; Yongning YUE ; Yuanyuan CHEN ; Zhijian BAO ; Min ZHU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020;13(4):270-275
Objective:To evaluate the diagnostic effects of Xpert MTB/RIF, Fluorescence PCR melting curve and gene chip technology for rapid screening of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis.Methods:The clinical data of 150 patients diagnosed with tuberculosis by Bactec MGIT 960 liquid culture drug susceptibility in Zhejiang Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Integrated Hospital from September 2016 to August 2019 were collected, including Xpert MTB/RIF and gene chip results. The isolated and cultured strains from patients were subjected to fluorescence PCR melting curve detection. Using Bactec MGIT 960 drug susceptibility results as the reference, the diagnostic efficacy of Xpert MTB/RIF, Fluorescence PCR melting curve and gene chip technology for rifampicin resistance were analyzed, and the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was drawn for comparative analysis.Results:Take Bactec MGIT 960 as the gold standard, the sensitivity of Xpert MTB/RIF, Fluorescence PCR melting curve and gene chip technology for rifampicin resistance were 88.89% (16/18), 94.44% (17/18), 88.89% (16/18) respectively; the specificity were 96.21% (127/132), 96.21% (127/132), 95.45% (126/132), respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in the sensitivity and specificity among the three detection methods ( P>0.05). The Kappa values of the three molecular methods for detecting rifampicin resistance were 0.794, 0.827 and 0.770, respectively. The three detection methods have good diagnostic value for rifampicin resistance ( P<0.01), but there is no statistically significant difference between the three methods ( P>0.05). There were 8 cases of inconsistent results between the three methods and Bactec MGIT 960 drug sensitivity. Conclusion:Xpert MTB/RIF, Fluorescence PCR melting curve and gene chip technology have comparable ability to detect rifampicin resistance, all of these have high sensitivity and specificity for detecting rifampicin resistance and are suitable for rapid screening.
5.Comparison of PCR-fluorescence probe and Xpert MTB/RIF in diagnosis of tuberculosis from non-respiratory specimens
Libin LIU ; Jing WANG ; Hao LI ; Yongning YUE ; Yuanyuan CHEN ; Zhijian BAO ; Min ZHU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019;12(3):180-185
Objective To compare the application of PCR-fluorescence probe, Bactec MGIT960 and Xpert MTB/RIF in diagnosis of tuberculosis from non-respiratory specimens.Methods Non-respiratory specimens from 225 patients with suspected tuberculosis admitted in Zhejiang Hospital of Integrated Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine from October 2017 to August 2018 were collected.There were 177 cases of tuberculosis and 48 cases of non-tuberculosis confirmed by clinical diagnosis.All specimens were tested with PCR-fluorescence probe, Xpert MTB/RIF and Bactec MGIT960.The clinical diagnostic results were used as the gold standard, and the receiver operating characteristic curve ( ROC) was drawn to evaluate the diagnostic values of three methods.The consistency of PCR-fluorescence probe method with Xpert MTB/RIF assay was analyzed.Results The sensitivity of PCR-fluorescent probe, Xpert MTB/RIF and Bactec MGIT960 in diagnosis of tuberculosis was 53.67%(95/177), 58.76%(104/177) and 31.07%(55/177), respectively.The sensitivity of PCR-fluorescent probe and Xpert MTB/RIF was higher than that of Bactec MGIT 960 culture ( χ2 =17.60 and 27.41, P<0.01), while there was no significant difference between the PCR-fluorescent probe and the Xpert MTB/RIF (χ2 =0.93, P>0.05).The specificity of three methods were 100.00%(48/48), 100.00%(48/48) and 97.92%(47/48), respectively (F=1.83, P>0.05).ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the ROC curve ( AUC) of PCR-fluorescent probe, Xpert MTB/RIF, and Bactec MGIT960 was 0.768, 0.794, and 0.645, respectively.The diagnostic value of PCR-fluorescent probe and Xpert MTB/RIF for tuberculosis was significantly higher than that of Bactec MGIT960 (Z=5.19 and 6.52, P<0.01); while Xpert MTB/RIF was superior to PCR-fluorescence probe (Z=2.8, P<0.05).In various types of specimens , there was no significant difference in the detection rate of tuberculosis between PCR-fluorescent probe method and Xpert MTB/RIF (χ2 =0.73, P>0.05).The PCR-fluorescent probe and Xpert MTB/RIF had a good consistency (kappa=0.829).Conclusion Xpert MTB/RIF is superior to PCR-fluorescence probe in the detection of tuberculosis in non-respiratory specimens such as tissues and pus, but the two have good consistency.The PCR-fluorescence probe method is economical and practical , and easy to promote, which has a high clinical application prospects.