1.Expression and signification of cell cycle regulation protein Cyclin D1-CDK4-p21 in scar cancer
Yujing LIN ; Ruizhen GUO ; Haiqing WANG
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2014;(9):923-927
Objective Dysfunction of cell cycle regulation is one of the key factors for cellular carcinogenesis .This paper aimed to study the expression and significance of cell cycle regulation protein Cyclin D 1-CDK4-p21 in scar cancer . Methods The expressions of Cyclin D1, CDK4 and p21 protains were detected in scar cancer group , pathological scar group and normal skin group respectively by using immunohistochemical staining (SP).The mRNA expression levels of Cyclin D1, CDK4 and p21 were detected by the use of nucleic acid-mediated in-situ hybridization .Correlation analysis was made on the indexes , and the average optical density and positive area were analyzed using image analysis . Results The expressions of Cyclin D1, CDK4 and p21 protains and the mRNA ex-pression levels of cyclin D1, CDK4 and p21 were high in scar cancer group, low in pathological scar group , and negative in normal skin group.The mean optical density and positive area in scar cancer group were significantly different from pathological scar group and normal skin group (P<0.01).But no significant difference was found be-tween pathological scar group and normal skin group (P>0.05).In terms of correlation analysis , the expressions of Cyclin D 1 and CDK4 as well as p21 and CDK4 in scar cancer tissue were both in posi-tive correlations. Conclusion The occurrence of scar cancer is related to the abnormal expression of Cyclin D 1 and CDK4.The complex formed by Cyclin D1 and CDK4 may promote the G1/S transition, proliferation and tumorigenesis of scar cancer .In scar canc-er, the inhibition of Cyclin D1-CDK4 complex might be caused by other members of CKI family or even inbibitors of other families apart from CDK family.
2.Relationship between systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune thyroid disease
Qin SONG ; Yujing MAO ; Jian LI ; Xianghua GUO
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2014;13(9):742-744
Objective To evaluate the incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and examine the correlation between AITD and SLE activity.Methods The study group included 220 SLE patients with the screening of thyroid function (FT3,FT4,TSH) and antithyroid autoantibodies (TgAb,TPOAb) were hospitalized into Affiliated Hospital,Jining Medical College between July 2009 and October 2013.The control group included 160 healthy subjects.We compared the prevalence of AITD between SLE patients and normal controls and also the positive rate of anti-thyroid autoantibodies was observed.We also compared the positive rate of anti-thyroid autoantibodies between AITD in SLE and simple SLE group and also analyzed the correlation between two groups of patients and SLE activity (evaluated by the titer of anti-dsDNA,C3,C4,CH50,SLEDAI score).Results Among them,45 patients suffered from AITD (20.5%).There were hyperthyroidism (n =6,13.3%) and hypothyroidism (including subclinical hypothyroidism) (n =26,57.8%),Hashimoto' s thyroiditis (n =13,28.9%).And 74 SLE cases were positive for anti-thyroid autoantibodies.The prevalence of AITD and the positive rate of anti-thyroid autoantibodies in SLE patients (20.5%,33.6%) were higher than that in normal controls (3.13%,7.50%)(P < 0.05).The positive rate of anti-thyroid autoantibodies of SLE with AITD patients (62.2%) was higher than that in simple SLE (21.5%).No significant differences existed in anti-dsDNA titre,C3,C4,CH50 and SLEDAI score between two groups (P > 0.05).Conclusions The SLE patients have a great prevalence of AITD and a positive rate of anti-thyroid autoantibodies.Those with anti-thyroid autoantibodies have a higher incidence of AITD and it has nothing to do with SLE activity.It is essential to monitor thyroid function and thyroid autoantibodies during the follow-ups.
3.Efficacy of intraductal cooling to prevent the bile duct injury during radiofrequency ablation associated with hepatic blood occlusion
Jingyi LI ; Yonghui SU ; Chaonong CAI ; Hui GUO ; Yujing LIN
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2014;23(5):443-446
Objective To explore the efficacy of intraductal chilled saline perfusion (ICSP) to reduce the thermal bile duct injury during the treatment of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) associating with occlusion of hepatic blood supply in rabbits.Methods 16 healthy New Zealand white rabbits were divided into 2 groups.Rabbits of the ICSP group were placed tubes in the common bile duct after laparotomy,and ICSP was performed during the RFA procedure accompanied with hepatic blood occlusion.While for rabbits of the non-ICSP group,hepatic blood occlusion and RFA were performed without ICSP.RFA electrodes were placed about 5 mm away from the hilus hepatis approximately.Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) was administrated to evaluate the sizes of the ablative zones after the procedure.On post-procedure 6 week,ultrasonography was prerformed to evaluate the changes of the biliary structure,and liver specimens of rabbits wcrc obtained for histopathologic observation of main bile ducts.Results Post-procedure CEUS examination showed that there was no significant difference in the size of the ablative zone between the groups (P >0.05).On post-procedure 6 week,rabbits of the ICSP group appeared with biliary dilatation more frequently by ultrasonography (P <0.05),and a higher degree of the injury of main bile duct by histopathologic observation (P <0.05).Conclusions In treatment of RFA accompanied with hepatic blood occlusion,RFA-induced bile duct injury may be decreased significantly with ICSP.
4.Application of metabonomics in the diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury
Feng PING ; Yong GUO ; Yujing LIU ; Yongmei CAO ; Yingchuan LI
Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Medical Science) 2017;37(8):1174-1178
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the complex clinical syndrome attributed to multiple causes and risk factors, which is characterized by an abrupt loss of renal function. Metabonomics, recently advances in the field of omics, is the nontargeted measurement of all of the low-molecularweight compounds that appear in a particular cell, tissue, organ or biofluid in a living organism. Compared to genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics,metabonomics has its unique advantages, including fewer metabolites than genes, transcripts and proteins, the most accurate predictors of the signature of the actual processes, easy access to biofluids. Thus, metabonomics makes it possible to find new biomarkers for AKI on early diagnosis, identifying new metabolic pathways, finding new targets for drug therapy and individual medical treatment.
5.Prognostic analysis of 71 patients with primary central nervous system diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Fanjun MENG ; Jiangui GUO ; Youen LIN ; Yujing ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2017;26(8):909-913
Objective To investigate prognostic factors in patients with primary central nervous system diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (PCNS-DLCBL).Methods The clinical data of 71 patients with PCNS-DLCBL confirmed by pathology and clinical tests, who were admitted to our hospital from 1991 to 2015, were retrospectively analyzed.All patients received chemotherapy, mainly with high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX, 66/71), and 59 patients received radiotherapy, mainly with whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT)±local boost.The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate survival rates, the log-rank test was used for survival comparison and univariate prognostic analysis, and the Cox model was used for multivariate prognostic analysis.Results Fifty-eight patients achieved a complete response (CR), ten achieved a partial response (PR), and three had progressive disease (PD).The 5-year overall survival (OS) rate was 43%, and the 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate was 34%.The univariate analysis showed that the factors associated with OS included the following:age of onset, Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) score, single or multiple lesions, whether to receive radiotherapy, evaluation results after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and the presence or absence of recurrence (P=0.000-0.047);the multivariate analysis showed that the three factors that affected OS were age of onset, KPS score, and the presence or absence of recurrence (P=0.000-0.022).The univariate analysis revealed that chemotherapy regimen, whether to receive radiotherapy, total radiotherapy dose, WBRT dose, evaluation results after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and the presence or absence of recurrence were the factors associated with PFS (P=0.000-0.028);the multivariate analysis revealed that KPS score and the presence or absence of recurrence were associated with PFS (P=0.000-0.011).Conclusions Among patients with PCNS-DLCBL, younger age, higher KPS score, and no recurrence are associated with better OS, and single lesion, radiotherapy, and better evaluation results after radiotherapy and chemotherapy may be associated with better OS;higher KPS score, better evaluation results after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and no recurrence are the factors associated with better PFS, and HD-MTX chemotherapy, radiotherapy, higher total radiotherapy dose, and higher WBRT dose may be associated with better PFS.Whether to receive radiotherapy after achieving a CR with chemotherapy and the target area and dose of radiotherapy need to be further studied.
6.Pharmacodynamic experiment of the antivirus effect of houttuynia cordata injection on influenza virus in mice.
Fangzhou LIU ; Han SHI ; Yujing SHI ; Ying LIU ; Yahong JIN ; Yingjie GAO ; Shanshan GUO ; Xiaolan CUI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2010;45(3):399-402
It is to investigate the effect of two kinds of Houttuynia Cordata Injection on preventing and treating H1N1 influenza virus infection in mice. Pneumonia model was set up by intranasal infection of the normal and immunocompromised mice with influenza virus FM1 and PR8. The two injections were administered before and after the administration of virus, separately, and the lung index was observed. The results showed that the two preparations have obvious therapeutic effect on normal mice infected with influenza virus FM1 and PR8. And to FM1, the new injection's effect is better at small dosage. The results also showed that the two preparations have obvious prophylactic effect on immunodepressed mice infected with influenza virus FM1 and PR8. And to PR8, the old injection's effect is better at small dosage. Houttuynia Cordata Injection can improve the mice pneumonia caused by influenza virus H1N1 and decrease the lung index markedly. It has a remarkable preventive and therapeutic effect on H1N1 influenza virus in mice.
7.Electroanalytical method for TPPS4 ,the interaction of TPPS4 with BSA and the influence of CDs on it by fluorescence spectroscopy
Hongfen ZHANG ; Jinghao PAN ; Haibo CHANG ; Yun LIU ; Yujing GUO ; Fei LU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2006;41(3):203-209
Aim To establish a simple, rapid and accurate electroanalytical method for water soluble porphyrin meso-tetrakis-(4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin (TPPS4);to clarify the reaction between water soluble porphyrins and bovine serum albumin (BSA);and to determine the interaction of TPPS4 with BSA in the absence of presence of cyclodextrins (CDs) , separately. Methods Three methods including LSV,UV spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy bad been employed to the relevant experiments. The way of employing three methods at the same time could make the experiment results more reliable. Results In the supporting electrolyte of NaH2 PO4-Na2 HPO4 ( pH 7. 18 ), a sensitive reduction peak of TPPS4 was found by linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), the peak potential (Ep) was-0. 70 V (vs SCE). The relationship between the second derivative peak of LSV (ip") and the concentration of TPPS4 was linear from 1.0 × 10-7mol·L-1 to 1.0 × 10-5mol· L-1,the square of correlation coefficients (r2) were 0. 998 3 and 0. 999 3, respectively. The relative standard deviation (RSD) was 0. 56% ( n = 5 ). The mean recovery of TPPS4 was 99.59%. In NH4C1-NH3· H2O buffers (pH 9.05), it was proved that BSA and TPPS4 could interact with each other and form 1:1 TPPS4-BSA supramolecular system. Moreover, the interaction between TPPS4 and BSA had been investigated by adding cyclodextrins (CDs). The interaction of TPPS4 with BSA was facilitated both by hydroxypropyl-β-CD (HP-3-CD) and sulforbutylether-β-CD (SBE-3-CD). Conclusion An electroanalytical method for TPPS4 has been established by LSV. The porphyrin drugs included by CDs could react with protein existing inside the human body easier. The consequences of this article also show that CDs will play important role in controlling and releasing the porphyrin drugs.
8.YAP silencing reverses doxorubicin resistance in lung cancer cell line PC9 and its mechanism
Hui GAO ; Yujing YIN ; Aili QIAN ; Yihua LV ; Ruifang GUO ; Xiaoying ZHANG
China Oncology 2016;26(6):492-498
Background and purpose:Drug resistance is a major cause of failure in lung cancer chemotherapy. This study aimed to investigate the effect of YAP on doxorubicin resistance in lung cancer and its underlying mechanism. Methods:Doxorubicin resistant lung cancer cell clones were established from parental sensitive cancer PC9 cell line via in vitroinduction, and the expression of YAP was analyzed. YAP was down-regulated via shRNA to different levels. MTS assay was employed to determine cell proliferation and drug sensitivity. Flow cytometry was used to determine cell cycle distribution, apoptosis and uptake of Rh-123. Western blot and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) assay were used to determine the expression of ABCB1, ABCC1, p53, Runx2, ITGB2 and ErbB4. The phosphory-lation of serine/threonine kinase (AKT) was determined as well.Results:Doxorubicin resistant PC9/Adr cell clone was obtained with over-expressed YAP. Expression of YAP in PC9/Adr cells was down-regulated to different levels via shR-NA. After YAP silencing, cell proliferation was reduced, while sensitivity to doxorubicin was increased. The cell cycle was significantly halted by G0/G1 phase. Doxorubicin induced-apoptotic rate and cellular uptake of Rh-123 were increased,with positive correlation to YAP silencing level. Western blot and QRT-PCR results showed that after YAP silencing, ABCB1, ABCC1, Runx2, ITGB2, and ErbB4 proteins were down-regulated, while the expression of p53 was up-regulated. Phosphorylation of AKT was inhibited as well.Conclusion:Over-expression of YAP is involved in doxorubicin resistance in PC9/Adr cell line. Silencing of YAP could restore doxorubicin sensitivity. The mechanism involves regulation of drug resistance-related genes and promotion of apoptosis.
9.MRA versus DSA imaging in cerebral arteriovenous malformation:a comparative study
Shunqiang CHEN ; Dapeng SHI ; Ying GUO ; Yujing REN ; Zhong ZHANG ; Hongming LIU
Journal of Practical Radiology 2015;(6):891-893,937
Objective To explore the clinical application value of MRA (TOF and PC)in cerebrovacular arteriovenous malforma-tion imaging when DAS as a reference gold standard.Methods 60 patients clinically suspected cerebral vascular malformations were enrolled in our study.They were all underwent MRA (TOF and PC)and DSA examinations successively within three days.Then, the imaging of feeding arteries,vascular malformation masses and venous drainages were compared and analyzed.Results Of all 60 patients with AVM,their feeding arteries and arterioles images were showed better by DSA and MRA-TOF technology than by MRA-PC.The difference was statistically significant (χ2/P DSA?PC - 4.1 75/0.000,χ2/P TOF ?PC - 3.508/0.000 ),no statistically difference was found between DSA and MRA-TOF findings,(χ2/P DSA?TOF -0.740/0.459).However,their venous drainages and venules show better with DSA and MRA-PC technology than with MRA-TOF method,the difference was statistically significant (χ2/P DSA?TOF -2.445/0.014,χ2/P PC?TOF -3.443/0.001),no statistically difference was found between DSA and MRA-PC findings (χ2/P DSA?PC -1.085/0.278).Conclusion MRA-TOF to display cerebral arteries and MRA-PC to show cerebral venues are basically consistent with the DSA,MRA-TOF and MRA-PC cannot replace each other when showing cerebral arteries and venous.
10.Hepatic stellate cells, Toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathway, and inflammatory fibrotic microenvironment in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2015;31(6):876-
The development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is closely related to the precancerous microenvironment of inflammation and fibrosis. The activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the major source of extracellular matrix in the development of liver fibrosis and the key effective cells of hepatic inflammatory responses. HSCs have an intact Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling pathway, which mediates important biological properties of HSCs such as fibrogenesis, inflammatory phenotype, and immunoregulatory function. The TLR4 signaling pathway is involved in the development and progression of chronic liver diseases, and mediates liver fibrogenesis and HCC. HSCs produce several cytokines and growth factors by TLR4 signaling pathway, which has been confirmed to be related to the development of HCC.