1.Corneal Topographic Changes after Various Types of Surgical Procedures of Retinal and Vitreous Surgery
Dongju QIN ; Luosheng TANG ; Xiaohua ZHU
Journal of Chinese Physician 2001;0(03):-
Objective To investigate corneal shape changes following three different surgical procedures of retinal and vitreous surgery. Methods A total of 41 eyes of 41 patients were divided into 3 groups based on the type of surgical procedure: encircling with vitrectomy, encircling with additional segmental buckling, and local buckling. The corneal shapes of these eyes were examined by corneal topographic machine before operation and one week, one month, and three months after operation. Results Corneal astigmatism and surface asymmetry index(SAI) significantly increased one week after operation compared with before operation (P
2.Effect of Guben Jiedu Prescription-medicated Serum on Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition of Lung Cancer A549 Cells: Based on PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway
Dongju ZHU ; Bingkui PIAO ; Tengteng QIN ; Chen YANG ; Jianqi BAI ; Hongwei ZHU ; Ping ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2022;28(22):93-99
ObjectiveTo observe the effect of Guben Jiedu prescription (GBJ) on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of lung cancer A549 cells and to explore the mechanism based on phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway. MethodThe GBJ-medicated serum was prepared. Cell viability was detected by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay to screen the optimal doses of GBJ-medicated serum for further experiment. A549 cells were classified into normal serum group, low-, medium-, and high-dose GBJ-medicated serum groups (2.5%, 5%, and 10% GBJ-medicated serum), PI3K/Akt pathway activator SC79 group, and high-dose GBJ-medicated serum + SC79 group. Cell migration ability was measured by wound-healing assay. The protein expression of E-cadherin, N-cadherin, vimentin, Akt, phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt), glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β), and phosphorylated GSK-3β (p-GSK-3β) was detected by Western blotting, and the mRNA expression of N-cadherin and vimentin by Real-time PCR. ResultCompared with the normal serum, GBJ-medicated serum (2.5%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 40%) decreased the viability of A549 cells (P<0.05), and 10%, 5%, 2.5% GBJ-medicated serum was respectively selected for the follow-up experiment. The migration ability of cells in the high-, medium-, and low-dose GBJ-medicated serum groups was lower than that in the normal serum group. The expression of N-cadherin mRNA and Vimentin mRNA in A549 cells in the three GBJ-medicated serum groups was significantly lower than that in the normal serum group (P<0.01). The protein expression of E-cadherin was higher in the high- and medium-dose GBJ-medicated serum groups than in the normal serum group (P<0.01). The three GBJ-medicated serum groups showed lower protein expression of N-cadherin, vimentin, p-Akt, and p-GSK-3β (P<0.01) and lower expression of p-Akt/Akt, p-GSK-3β/GSK-3β (P<0.05, P<0.01) than normal serum group. Compared with the SC79 group, the high-dose GBJ-medicated serum group demonstrated high protein expression of E-cadherin (P<0.01) and low expression of N-cadherin, vimentin, p-Akt, p-GSK-3β, and p-Akt/Akt, p-GSK-3β/GSK-3β (P<0.01). Compared with the high-dose GBJ-medicated serum group, high-dose GBJ-medicated serum + SC79 group showed low protein expression of E-cadherin (P<0.01) and high protein expression of N-cadherin, vimentin, p-Akt, p-GSK-3β, p-Akt/Akt, and p-GSK-3β/GSK-3β (P<0.01). ConclusionGBJ can inhibit the migration and EMT of lung cancer A549 cells by regulating the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.