1.miR-141 suppresses cell proliferation by target down-regulating EphA2 in human oral squamous cell carcinoma
Zhe HAN ; Lei LI ; Xiaoqing ZHOU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2015;(2):213-217
Objective To assess the effect of miR-141 on proliferation of human oral squamous cell carcinoma and target relationship between miR-141 and EphA2 .Methods pcDNATM6.2-GW-pre-miR-141 was constructed and identified by qRT-PCR.EphA2-WT and EphA2-MT sequences were respectively cloned into pmirGLO plasmid . The potential proliferation function of miR-141 on CAL27 cells was analyzed by MTT .The target relationship be-tween miR-141 and EphA2 was identified by Dual-Luciferase Assay System , qRT-PCR and Western blot .Results We constructed successfully the recombinant plasmids , including pcDNATM6.2-GW-pre-miR-141, pmirGLO-E-phA2-WT and pmirGLO-EphA2-MT, and the transfection efficiency of pre-miR-141 was increased in CAL27 cells compared to control group(P<0.001).miR-141 could suppress the proliferation of CAL27 cells(P<0.05). Furthermore, a significant reduction of luciferase activities of CAL27 cells co-transfected with pre-miR-141 and EphA2-WT(P<0.001).The mRNA(P<0.001) and protein expression levels of EphA2 were decreased in CAL27 cells transfected with pre-miR-141 .Conclusions Overexpression of miR-141 may suppress cell prolifera-tion by targeting at EphA2 in CAL27 cells.
2. The trends of female breast cancer incidence and mortality in Beijing, Shanghai, Linzhou and Qidong in China
Tumor 2012;32(8):605-608
Objective: To analyze the trends of female breast cancer incidence and mortality in Beijing, Shanghai, Linzhou and Qidong in China between 1988 and 2007. Methods: The data of female breast cancer incidence and mortality and the data of corresponding population during 1988-2007 were collected from four eligible cancer registries which could provide complete sets of historical data. The pooled analysis and time-trend analysis of the data were performed. Results: During 1988-2007, the APCs (annual percent changes) of age-standardized incidence rates (by China's population in 1982) of female breast cancer in Beijing, Shanghai, Linzhou and Qidong were 2.49%, 2.55%, 7.04% and 4.16%, respectively. Although the average annual growth of APC of age-standardized mortality was 4.10% in Linzhou, there were no significant changes in Beijing, Shanghai and Qidong. Conclusion: During 1988-2007, the breast cancer incidence and mortality of the urban women in Beijing and Shanghai were significantly higher than those of the rural women in Linzhou and Qidong. The incidence rate of female breast cancer in these four areas showed an obvious rising trend, and this increase was more significant in rural areas. The mortality rate of female breast cancer in Linzhou also showed a rising trend, but the mortality rates in the other three areas remained steady. Copyright © 2012 by TUMOR.
3. Incidence and mortality of female breast cancer in China - A report from 32 Chinese cancer registries, 2003-2007
Tumor 2012;32(6):435-439
Objective: To describe the incidence and mortality of female breast cancer in China during 2003-2007. Methods: The incidence and mortality data of female breast cancer and the corresponding population data from 32 eligible cancer registries in China during 2003-2007 were collected and analyzed. Results: The combined crude incidence rate of female breast cancer during 2003-2007 was 41.64 per 100 000, which was the highest among female cancer incidence rates. The combined crude mortality rate of female breast cancer was 9.63 per 100 000, which was ranked as the sixth among the mortality rates of all female cancers. The incidence rate was 3.04 times higher and the mortality rate was 1.92 times higher in urban areas than those in rural areas. Compared to the incidence and mortality rates of 184 regions provided from GLABOCAN 2008 database, the female breast cancer incidence in China was ranked as the one hundred and tenth, and the mortality was ranked as the one hundred and seventy-second. Conclusion: Breast cancer has been becoming one of the most common cancers among Chinese women. The incidence and mortality rates of female breast cancer in urban areas are significantly higher than those in rural areas, although the overall incidence and mortality rates of breast cancer in Chinese women are still at a medium or low level in the world. © 2012 by Tumor.
4.Analysis of 12R-lipoxygenase gene mutations in three families with self-improving collodion ichthyosis
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2021;54(5):397-401
Objective:To analyze gene mutations in 3 families with self-improving collodion ichthyosis.Methods:Clinical data were collected from 3 patients with self-improving collodion ichthyosis. DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of patients and their parents, and high-throughput sequencing was performed in the patients by using a multi-gene panel targeting congenital ichthyosis. After identification of causative gene loci, Sanger sequencing was performed to bidirectionally verify the mutations in the patients and their parents.Results:All the 3 patients presented with a collodion-like membrane at birth, which was shed within 2-4 weeks after birth, and then they gradually showed similar features of mild ichthyosis, including dry skin, tiny scales at local sites, flexural involvement, mild sweating, heat intolerance, cheek flushing, mild palmoplantar keratosis or palmar hyperlinearity. Compound heterozygous mutations were identified in the ALOX12B gene of the 3 patients, including a paternal mutation c.406_408delGAG and a maternal mutation c.77T>C in case 1, a paternal mutation c.1013C>T and a maternal mutation c.1286C>G in case 2, a paternal mutation c.1232T>C and a maternal mutation c.1440C>A in case 3. Function prediction analysis showed that 4 missense mutations c.77T>C, c.1286C>G, c.1013C>T, c.1232T>C and 1 deletion mutation c.406_408delGAG may exert pathogenic effect, and 1 nonsense mutation c.1440C>A led to the generation of a termination codon encoding a truncated protein p.Tyr480Ter, which may affect the protein function and cause disease. None of the 6 mutation sites had been reported in the past.Conclusion:Compound heterozygous pathogenic mutations were identified in the ALOX12B gene of the 3 patients with self-improving collodion ichthyosis, which were inherited from their parents.
5.Design of virtual oscilloscope based LabVIEW
Xin NING ; Zhe LI ; Linghong ZHOU
Chinese Medical Equipment Journal 1989;0(03):-
LabVIEW is applied to the realization of virtual oscilloscope, and such functions are fulfilled as waveform display, parameter measurement, filter, spectral analysis, data storage and playback.
6.Moderation effects of justice sensitivity between personality and public mood in volunteers
Zhe YU ; Hao WANG ; Chen CHEN ; Yixin ZHOU ; Mingjie ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2017;26(1):55-59
Objective To explore the relationship between big-five personality,and public mood of volunteers,and to find out the moderator effect of justice sensitivity.Methods A total of 1 022 volunteers were investigated.The Big-Five Inventory (BFI),Public Mood Scale (PMS),Justice Sensitivity Inventory (JSI) were applied to all subjects.Results The average score was (19.77±4.49) for extraversion,(26.69± 4.13) for agreeableness,(23.33±5.37) for conscientiousness,(12.49±4.91) for neuroticism,(24.95±5.44)for openness,(8.78±3.23) for positive public mood,(3.46±3.06) for negative public mood and correlated with (26.85± 10.55) for observer sensitivity.The extraversion,agreeableness,conscientiousness and openness were correlated with positive public mood(β=0.31,P<0.01;β=0.25,P<0.01;β=0.29,P<0.01;β=0.26,P<0.0 1),and negatively correlated with public mood (β=-0.14,P<0.01;β=-0.29,P<0.01;β=-0.20,P<0.01;β=-0.08,P<0.01).Neuroticism was negatively correlated with positive public mood (β=-0.27,P<0.01),and positively correlated with negative public mood (β=0.31,P<0.01).The interaction effect of agreeableness and observer sensitivity negatively correlated with positive public mood,negative public mood (β=-0.09,P<0.01;β=-0.07,P<0.05).The interaction effect of neuroticism and observer sensitivity was positively correlated with positive public mood (β=0.08,P<0.01).Conclusion Observer sensitivity plays a regulative role between big-five personality and mental health,and can slow the negative impact of low agreeableness to positive public mood,strengthen the impact of low agreeableness to negative public mood,and slow the negative impact of high neuroticism to positive public mood.
7.Effects of chemokine MCP-1 on NMDA-mediated exciatory postsynaptic current in hippocampal slice of rats
Shan LI ; Zhe HU ; Yan ZHOU ; Huangui XIONG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2016;32(7):950-955
Aim To explore how MCP-1 induces neu-rodisorder by determing the effects of MCP-1 on excita-tory postsynaptic current(EPSCs) in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal brain slices .Methods EPSCs, the AMPA receptor-mediated EPSC (EPSCAMPAR ), NMDA receptor mediated EPSCs(EPSCNMDAR) and NR2BR re-ceptor-mediated EPSC ( EPSCNR2BR ) were recorded u-sing whole-cell patch recording techniques to observe the effects of 2.3 nmol· L-1 MCP-1 on pyramidal neu-rons in hippocampal CA1 region.Microtubule-associat-ed protein-2 ( MAP-2 ) staining was used to study whether MCP-1 induced dendritic injuries in hippocam-pal CA1 region and whether NMDAR , AMPAR or CCR2 receptor antagonists had protective effects a-gainst dendritic damage caused by MCP-1.Results ① Bath application of MCP-1 produced a significant enhancement of the amplitudes of EPSCs , EPSCAMPAR and EPSCNMDAR .②Further studies revealed that MCP-1 potentiated EPSC NR2BR; ③ The MCP-1-associated dendritic injuries were blocked by NMDAR , AMPAR and CCR2R antagonists respectively .Conclusions Our results suggest a potential role of MCP-1 which may play in neuroexcitotoxicity and neural injury via NMDA receptor(especially NMDAR subtype NR2BR) and CCR2 receptor .The antagonists of these receptors may have potential therapeutic effect for neurodegener-ation.
8.Mechanism of immunogenic cell death induced by microwave ablation in treatment of osteosarcoma
Zhe YU ; Jiachang WU ; Minghua ZHANG ; Yong ZHOU ; Qingyu FAN
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2016;25(6):602-608
Objective As a classical approach for hyperthermic ablation,microwave ablation (MWA) has been widely used in the treatment of tumors that cannot be removed by traditional surgery.MWA devitalizes the neighboring tissue and kills tumor cells by thermal diffusion.In the last two decades,this technique has been improved for treating malignant bone tumor in our institute.In situ ablation has already replaced en bloc resection and achieved satisfactory treatment outcomes.This study explores whether tumor cell death induced by MWA would cause the release of immunogenic tumor antigens and tumor-specific immune responses.Methods Three models of MWA were established using osteosarcoma cell lines from the mouse,rat,and human,respectively.The expression of immunogenic molecules was measured during in vitro and in situ ablation with different ablation time and group design.Results The injection of tumor vaccines made from tumor cells or supernatant treated with in vitro ablation resulted in substantial inhibition of tumor cell growth in tumor-bearing animal models.The CDs + T cells induced by vaccines played a key role in the process.The effector cells released cytokines,IFN-γand TNF-α,to inhibit tumor cell growth and also trigger Fas/FasL-mediated apoptosis.Conclusions MWA-treated osteosarcoma cells can be used to induce specific antitumor immunogenic effects.Therefore,in situ MWA combined with immunotherapy provides an alternative treatment method for patients who have trouble due to their insensitivity to chemotherapy.
9.Feasibility of integrating 3D photos and cone-beam computed tomography images used to evaluate changes of soft and hard tissue after orthognathic surgery
Zhe WANG ; Liuning ZHU ; Lin ZHOU ; Biao YI
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2016;48(3):544-549
Objective:To evaluate the feasibility of integrating 3D photos and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)images and to assess the degree of error that may occur during the above process,and to analyze soft and hard tissue changes after orthognathic surgery using this new method.Methods:Ten patients with maxillofacial deformities were chosen.For each patient,CBCT scans and stereophotographic images were taken before and 3 months after surgery.3D photos were superimposed onto the CBCT skin im-ages using relatively immobile areas of the face as a reference.3D color maps and mean distances were used to evaluate the errors that might occur during the process.Two reference planes were set up using cer-tain points.The distances between Prn (pronasale),Sn (subnasale),Ls (labrale superior),ANS (anterior nasal spine),A (subspinale),UIE (upper incisor edge)to the coronal plane were calculated before and af-ter surgery.In order to verify the repeatability of this method,we examined the distances twice at two-week intervals.Paired t test was used to evaluate the reproducibility.Results:CBCT and 3D photos could be successfully fused with clinically acceptable errors.This new method could be used to evaluate soft and hard tissue changes after orthognathic surgery.The 3D color maps showed that the two images could be fused with minimal errors.The mean distances were within 0.3 mm,and the locations of landmarks on maxilla and mandible such as Ls,ANS,A,UIE changed significantly after orthognathic surgery (P <0.05). Landmarks on the nose such as Prn,Sn had little changes after surgery (P >0.1 ).The paired t test showed that the mean value and standard deviation were (0.08 ±0.98)mm.Conclusion:Fusing of CBCT and 3D stereophotographic images used as a new method in evaluating soft and hard tissue changes after orthognathic surgery was feasible and accurate.The virtual 3D composite craniofacial models permitted concurrent assess-ment of hard and soft tissues during diagnosis and treatment planning.Maxillary and mandibular locations had significant association with orthoganthic surgery while the nasal tissue was not simp affected by surgery.
10.Determination of residual host cell DNA in recombinant human interferonα2 b substances by quantitative PCR
Zhe SU ; Chaodong ZHOU ; Zhesu HUANG ; Ran WEI
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2016;36(4):193-195
Objective To develop and verify a method for determination of residual host cell DNA in recombinant human interferon α2b substances, which is used for the quality control of the product.Methods The residual host cell DNA was extracted by wako DNA extractor kit and determined by SYBRGreen based q-PCR using standard DNA as control.The residual host cell DNA was analyzed according to the standard curve.The developed method was verified by primer specifity, results accuracy and precision and used for determination of 3 batches of interferon substances. Results The minimum quantitative limit of residual host cell DNA by the developed method was 12 fg/μL, while the linear range was 12 fg/μL-120 ng/μL, with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.998.The designed primers were specific to the DNA templates.The recovery rates of spiked samples with different DNA quantity were between 50%-200%.The residual host cell DNA determined by this method were not more than the limit, which were complied with the requirements for residual host cell DNA in Chinese Pharmacopeia ( volume III,2010 edition and 2015 edition) .Conclusion The wako DNA extractor kit could successfully solved the technical difficulties of sample pretreatment during residual DNA assay.The q-PCR method was simple, rapid and accurate for quantitation of residual host cell DNA in interferon substances.