Objective To investigate the effect of 188Re-IGF-1 analogue (IGF-1A) in proliferation inhibition and apoptosis induction in human pancreatic carcinoma cell line Patu8988.Methods IGF-1A was labeled with 188Re.Patu8988 cells were divided into an un-treated control group,IGF-1A group (1,5,10,20 μg),188ReO4-group (0.37,1.85,3.70,7.40 MBq) and 188Re-IGF-1A group (0.37,0.74,1.85 MBq).The cell proliferation inhibition effects by the 188Re-IGF-1A and 188ReO4-were detected every day by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) test from 1 d to 7 d after administration,while the IGF-1 A group was tested every day from 1 d to 6 d after treatment.Inhibition rates were calculated.At 3 d after treatment with 188ReO4-and 188Re-IGF-1A (1.85,3.70,7.40 MBq),cell apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry.For biodistribution studies of 188Re-IGF-1A,36 nude mice bearing Patu8988 cell xenografts were divided into6 groups.At different time points (15 min,1 h,4 h,1 d,3 d and5 d),36 mice (n =6 per time point) were sacrificed and organs of interest were removed,weighted and measured for radioactivity by a gamma counter.The absorbed doses of organs were calculated as ％ ID/g.One-way analysis of variance was used.Results After 4 d,inhibition rate of Patu8988 cell proliferation in the 188 Re-IGF-1A group (1.85 MBq) was (90.75 ±5.20) ％,higher than that in 188ReO4-group or IGF-1A group ((49.50±2.39)％,(23.00±4.21)％; F=554.724,P＜0.01).At 3 d after treatment with different doses of 188 Re-IGF-1A (1.85,3.70,7.40 MBq),floating cell ratios were (16.56 ± 0.95) ％,(33.39 ±5.93) ％ and (43.76 ± 1.38) ％,respectively.Apoptosisratios in the floating cells treated by 188 Re-IGF-1A (1.85,3.70,7.40 MBq) were (12.70±2.27)％,(17.80±1.51)％ and (23.23 ±1.22)％,respectively.Distribution in tumors was (39.30 ± 17.98),(10.59 ± 9.39),(5.32 ± 1.53) and (5.30 ±2.28) ％ ID/g at the 15 min,1 d,3 d,and 5 d timepoints after intratumoral injection,respectively.The absorbed dose of tumors was 5165.8 mGy/MBq.Conclusions Proliferation of human pancreatic carcinoma cell line Patu8988 can be inhibited and apoptosis can also be induced by 188Re-IGF-1A.The tumor region is the major distribution site in nude mice bearing human pancreatic cancer xenografts after intratumoral injection of 188 Re-IGF-1A.

The present paper is aimedto investigate the effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on proliferation, migration and differentiation of endogenous neural stem cell in rat cerebral cortex with global brain ischemia-reperfusion. A global brain ischemia-reperfusion model was established. Immunohistochemistry was used to observe the pathological changes and the expression of BrdU and Nestin in cerebral cortex. RT-PCR was used to measure the NSE mRNA in brain tissue. The results of measurements indicated that in sham operation group, there was no positive cell in cerebral cortex, and the content of NSE mRNA did not change. In the operation group, the expression of BrdU and Nestin increased significantly at the end of the 3rd day, and peaked on the 7th day. NSE mRNA expression did not significantly increase. In bFGF group, compared with sham operation group and model group, the number of BrdU-positive and Nestin-positive cells increased significantly at each time point (P<0. 05), and peaked at the end of the 11th day, and the content of NSE mRNA increased significantly (P<0. 05). This research demonstrated that the proliferation of endogenous neural stem cells in situ could be induced by global cerebral ischemia and reperfu- sion, and could be promoted and extended by bFGF. In additiion, bFGF might promote endogenous neural stem cells differentiated into neurons.
Animals ; Brain Ischemia ; pathology ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Movement ; Cell Proliferation ; Cerebral Cortex ; cytology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 ; pharmacology ; Nestin ; metabolism ; Neural Stem Cells ; drug effects ; Rats ; Reperfusion Injury

Objective To evaluate the relationship between 18F-FDG uptake and P-gp expression in Bcap37 or Bcap37/MDR1 tumor-bearing BALB/c nude mice.Methods Bcap37 or Bcap37/MDR1 cells were injected into BALB/c nude mice (1× 107cells/ml,0.2 ml/mouse) to construct mice models.Bcap37 (n=5) or Bcap37/MDR1 (n=5) tumor-bearing mice fasted for 6 h before imaging.After anesthesia,the mice were injected with 7.4 MBq of 18F-FDG via tail vein.The dynamic microPET scans were carried out for 90 min.On the microPET images,the ROI was drawn and the TAC was obtained.The next day,those 10 mice underwent dynamic microPET scans after injected with elacridar (GF120918) and 18F-FDG.Another 10 mice,5 with Bcap37 tumors and 5 with Bcap37/MDR1 tumors,were used.After 7.4 MBq 18F-FDG with or without 2.0 mg/kg GF120918 was administered via tail vein,microPET images were acquired at 60 min.ROI was drawn over the tumors and SUV was obtained.Two-sample t test was used to analyze the data.Results GF120918 did not significantly alter the 18F-FDG accumulation curve in Bcap37 tumors,but significantly enhanced the 18F-FDG accumulation in Bcap37/MDR1 tumors.GF120918 did not influence 18F-FDG uptake (SUV) in Bcap37 tumors (1.052±0.028,1.028±0.045,t =1.792,P＞0.05),but significantly increased the SUV in Bcap37/MDR1 tumors (1.015±0.043,0.712±0.031,t=3.365,P＜0.05);The SUV of 18 F-FDG in Bcap37 tumors was significantly higher than that in Bcap37/MDR1 tumors without injection of GF120918 (t =3.952,P＜0.05).The SUV was not significantly different when GF120118 was injected (t=1.835,P＞0.05).Conclusions 18F-FDG is a substrate of P-gp.18F-FDG imaging combined with GF120918 injection may be an effective noninvasive method for the detection of tumor's MDR.

Objective:To investigate the effects of IP10(IFN-? inducible protein 10,CXCL10) on anti-tumor immune response and to explore its mechanisms involved in.Methods:A mammary carcinoma cell line 4T1 was transfected with pcDNA3-IP10(IP10-4T1) by electrophoration and positive clones were screened in the presence of G418.Growth kinetics of IP10-4T1 cells was observed in vitro and in vivo.Survival rate among the animals was determined by daily assessment.Proliferation activity of lymphocytes was analyzed with()~3H-TdR incorporation.The phenotypes of lymphocytes isolated from tumors by ficoll density gradient centrifugation were assayed by flow cytometry.Results:The growth rate of IP10-4T1 cells was similar with that of parental 4T1 cells and neo-vector transfected 4T1 cells in vitro.Growth of the tumors formed by IP10-4T1 cells was inhibited in vivo.Compared to those of controls,the size and the weight of the tumors formed by IP10-4T1 cells decreased significantly 35 days post tumor transplantation(P

Objective To explore the effects of impaired glucose metabolism and impaired blood lipoprotein metabolism on heart rate variability(HRV) in aged male hypertension patients and to have an insight into the correlation between the years of impaired glucose metabolism and the patients’ HRV. Methods 120 male subjects were divided into three groups: simple hypertension patients (group A, 40 people), hypertension patients with diabetes mellitus (group B, 40 people), and hypertension patients with diabetes mellitus and impaired blood lipoprotein metabolism (group C, 40 people). All subjects had 24h recordings of ECG. The data of HRV time domain were collected and analyzed to gain an insight into the effects of the impaired glucose metabolism and impaired blood lipoprotein metabolism on patients’ HRV. In group C, patients were divided into normal TC subgroup and high TC subgroup according to the index of TC (TC

Objective To evaluate the effect of P-gp inhibitors of verapamil (VER) and GF120918 on 18F-FDG uptake in Bcap37 and Bcap37/multidrug resistancce (MDR)1 cell lines in vitro,and to explore the relationship between 18F-FDG uptake and P-gp expression at cellular level.Methods Bcap37 and Bcap37/MDR1 cells were seeded into 6-well plates at a density of 1 × 106 per well.Three days later,37 kBq/ml 18F-FDG,or 37 kBq/ml 18F-FDG + 100 μmoL/L VER,or 37 kBq/ml 18F-FDG + 50 μmol/L GF120918 were added into each well.Mter incubated for 10,30,60 and 120 min at 37 ℃ and in 5％ CO2,the medium was removed and the cells were washed three times with 1 ml ice-cold PBS immediately.The radioactivity of 18 F-FDG was measured using a gamma counter.The uptake of 18F-FDG was expressed as the ratio of 18F-FDG radioactivity in Bcap37 or Bcap37/MDR1 cells and the overall radioactivity added to the cells in each well.The t test was used for statistical analysis.Results 18F-FDG uptake was higher in Bcap37/MDR1 cells than that in Bcap37 cells after incubated for 10 min.The uptake rate was (1.88 ±0.19) ％ in Bcap37/MDR1 cells and (1.37 ± 0.18) ％ in Bcap37 cells (t =7.832,P ＜ 0.05).On the contrary,18 F-FDG uptake was significantly higher in Bcap37 cells than that in Bcap37/MDR1 cells after incubated for 60 and 120 min.The uptake rates were (2.29 ±0.23)％ and (2.34 ±0.15)％ in Bcap37 cells,(1.47 ±0.14)％ and (1.53 ±0.22)％ in Bcap37/MDR1 cells (t =8.437,8.283,both P ＜ 0.05).18 F-FDG uptake was significantly higher with VER or GF120918 in Bcap37/MDR1 cells than that without VER or GF120918 after the incubation of 60 and 120 min (t =9.032,9.243 and 8.765,8.803,all P ＜ 0.05).The uptake rates with VER or GF120918 were (2.45 ±0.21)％ and (2.46 ±0.25)％,(2.50 ±0.24)％ and (2.48 ±0.27)％.There was no significant difference of 18F-FDG uptake in Bcap37 cells with or without VER or GF120918.Conclusions 18F-FDG is a substrate of P-gp at cellular level.P-gp may act as an efflux pump to reduce 18F-FDG uptake in Bcap37/MDR1 cells.The uptake of 18F-FDG can be used to evaluate the function of P-gp in tumor cells.

To observe the effects of Niupo Zhibao Pellet, a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine, on high-mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1) expression in lung tissues of rats with endotoxin shock.

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effect of the lentiviral vector (LV)-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) targeting HIF-1α on the expression of HIF-1α and Glut-1 in human pancreatic cancer Patu8988 cells.Methods The RNAi targeting HIF-1α was combined to LV,and transfected into Patu8988 cells.The Patu8988 cells transfected with the empty vector and exposed to 0.5％ O2 for 4 h served as hypoxia negative control,the Patu8988 cells not transfected with vector and exposed to 0.5％ O2 for 4 h as hypoxia blank control,and the Patu8988 cells transfected with LV-RNAi-HIF-1α and exposed to 0.5％O2 for 4 h as experimental group.The expression of HIF-1α was measured by RT-PCR and Western blot respectively.The expression of Glut-1 was measured by RT-PCR.Each group was compared according to oneway analysis of variance and two-sample t test.Results After transfection with LV-RNAi-HIF-1α,HIF-1α mRNA expression decreased by 65.1％ (0.209/0.321) and 80.6％ (0.791/0.982) (t=10.52,15.24,both P＜0.05) under normoxia and hypoxia conditions,meanwhile with the empty vector,HIF-1α mRNA expression decreased by 0.6％ (0.002/0.321) and 7.2％ (0.071/0.982) (t =5.26,7.38,both P＜0.05).Under hypoxia conditions,the protein of HIF-1α in experimental group cells (0.159±0.010) was down-regulated obviously compared to the negative control group (0.745± 0.012) and the blank control group (0.711 ± 0.023)(F=35.52,t =6.72,10.56,all P＜0.05).The expression of Glut-1 mRNA in experimental group cells (0.040±0.003) decreased obviously compared to the negative control group (0.054±0.003) and blank control group (0.062±0.004) (F=35.28,t=5.94,8.55,all P＜0.01).Conclusion Gene silencing of HIF-1α using LV-mediated RNAi can inhibit the expression of HIF-1α and decrease the expression of Glut-1mRNA in Patu8988 cells.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the occupational health condition in a shipyard in Guangzhou, China, and to provide a basis for improving the working environment.

METHODSThe monitoring data on occupational harmful factors in the workplace and the data on health examination of the workers were analyzed, and the occupational health condition in the shipyard was evaluated with the related occupational health standards.

RESULTSExcept benzene, toluene, and electromagnetic radiation, the dust (2.02%), grinding wheel dust (3.85%), wood dust (2 out of 4 workers exceeded the standard), welding fume (16.85%), manganese dioxide (17.98%), dimethylbenzene (8.00%), and noise (53.20%) were all out of limits to different degrees. The health examination results of 2450 workers in the shipyard showed that the respiratory impairment of dust-exposed workers (3.19%) and the hearing impairment of noise-exposed workers (12.21%) were comparatively severe.

CONCLUSIONThe occupational health condition in this shipyard is not good. In order to protect the workers from health hazards, it is urgent and necessary to improve the working environment and strengthen the personal protective measures.

Air Pollutants ; Benzene ; China ; Construction Industry ; Dust ; Humans ; Noise ; Occupational Diseases ; Occupational Exposure ; Occupational Health ; Ships ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Welding ; Workplace

Objective To investigate the effects of kidney-tonifying Plastrum Testudinis on o steogenesis of cultured rat mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs ).Methods MSCs were isolated from adult rats wi th density gradient separation meth od.Osteogenesis of MSCs in the culture a dded with different concentrations of serum containing Plastrum Testudinis was evalu-ated by detecting bone glaprotein(BGP)level and observing the morphologic al features of MSCs and by alkaline ph os-phatase(ALP)and Von Kossa immunohistochemical m ethods.Results Morphological examination showed t hat the MSCs attachment formed soon after seedin g ,and grew into colonies with the appearance of fibroblastic cells.Seru m containing Plastrum Testudinis promoted the expression of alkaline phosphatase(ALP)in MSCs ,and increased BGP level and the number of calcified deposition in dose -dependant manner,the difference being significant in comparison wi th the control groups(P