1.Change tendency of correlative test indexes in patients with type 2 diabetic mellitus and diabetic nephropathy
Guomei RUAN ; Rongde TANG ; Hongyan OU ; Wenjuan CHEN ; Zhicheng LI
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2016;37(14):1963-1964,1967
Objective To analyze the variation tendency of correlative test indexes in the patients with type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) and diabetic nephropathy (DN) .Methods The urinary microalbumin (M‐Alb) ,blood glucose and renal function were de‐termined in 167 cases of T2DM .Then the cases were divided into the simple DM group ,early DN group and clinical DN group ac‐cording to the excretion rates of urinary M‐Alb .The determined results were compared among 3 group and analyzed .Results The age in the simple DM group was smaller than that in the early DN group and clinical DN group (P<0 .05) .The positive rates of u‐rinary M‐Alb and urinary protein were highest in the clinical DN group ,the differences among 3 groups had statistical significance (P<0 .05) .The difference of blood glucose indexes had no statistical difference between the simple DM group and early DN group , the clinical DN group was apparently higher than that in the simple DM group and early DN group (P<0 .05) .The levels of urea (Urea) and creatinine(Cr) in the simple DM group were significantly lower than those in the early DN group and clinical DN group ,the differences among 3 groups had statistical significance (P<0 .01) .Conclusion The severe the DN ,the higher the urina‐ry M‐Alb ,blood glucose and renal function indicators ,the higher the positive rates of urinary protein and urinary glucose ,the more significant the tendency of renal function damage .
2.Rhein inhibits the movement and invasion of human ovarian carcinoma cells through Rac1/LIMK1/cofilin signaling pathway
Min TANG ; Hong LI ; Guomei ZHOU ; Yihong XIE ; Heyun RUAN ; Danrong LI
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2016;32(3):366-372
Aim To investigate the effect of Rhein on the movement and invasiveness of human ovarian carci-noma cells with directional high lymphatic metastasis SKOV3-PM4 cells and explore the role of Rac1/LIMK1/cofilin signaling pathway. Methods Migration assay and invasion assay were used to observe the effect of Rhein on the metastatic and invasive ability of SK-OV3-PM4 cells in vitro. The effect of Rhein on the morphology and cytoskeleton ultrastructure of ovarian cancer cells was observed by laser scanning confocal microscope and scanning electron microscope. The protein expression level of Rac1,LIMK1,PAK1 and co-filin were detected by Western blot, respectively. Re-sults Rhein inhibited the abilities of cell invasion and migration of SKOV3-PM4 cells,and the inhibitory rate increased along with the increase of the concentration and treatment duration. After treated with 8. 80 μmol· L-1 ,17. 60 μmol · L-1 , 26. 40 μmol · L-1 of Rhein for 24 h,the abilities of migration and invasion of SK-OV3-PM4 cells were inhibited ( P <0. 05 ); the mor-phology and cytoskeleton ultrastructure of SKOV3-PM4 cells were changed, cellular pseudopod reduced, cell microfilament fractured and its distribution disordered, plasma membrane was uneven and cell gap widened . After treatment of Rhein and Rac1 inhibitor , Rac1 protein expression and the expression of P-LIMK1 , P-PAK1 and P-cofilin notably decreased in a dose-de-pendent manner compared with the control group ( P<0. 05 ) . After Rhein and Rhein plus Rac1 inhibitor treatment ,P-LIMK1, P-cofilin, P-PAK1 protein levels of SKOV3-PM4 cells significantly decreased compared with the control group , and the group of Rac1 inhibi-tor plus Rhein treatment, the phosphorylated protein decreased more significantly ( P <0. 05 ) . After Rac1 activator plus Rhein treatment, phosphorylated protein expression of P-LIMK1 ,P-PAK1 and P-cofilin upregu-lated significantly ( P <0. 05 ) . Conclusions Rhein may be a potential inhibitor of Rac1 and can inhibit the migrating and invasive capabilities of directional high lymphatic metastasis SKOV3-PM4 cells through down-regulating the phosphorylation of Rac1/LIMK1 /cofilin pathway associated protein.