1.Polyunsaturated fatty acids in regulation of tumor angiogenesis:research progress
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2016;30(7):790-796
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are important structural fatty acids of biological membrane. They play important roles in regulation of lipid metabolism,stimulation of growth and development,protection a gainst cancer,retardation of aging,immuno-regulation, cardiovascular health,and bodymass loss. In recent years, researchers have found t hat ω-6 PUFAs can promote tumor angiogenesis,while ω-3 PUFAs have the properties of inhibiting tumor angiogenesis. This review focuses on the effects of these two types of fatty acids on tumors,especially on the regulation of tumor angiogenesis.
2.Identification of CTCL tumor antigens by SEREX
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army 2001;0(10):-
Objective To isolate and purify the membrane protein of SeAx cells, which was derived from cutaneous T-cell lymphoma cell line (CTCL), and to prepare polyclonal antibodies against membrane proteins. CTCL antigens were screened with SEREX method from the cDNA expression library of SeAx cells. Methods SeAx cells were cultured to 2?1010 and membrane proteins were purified by means of differential centrifugation after homogenate was made, and organelle protein specific antibodies were used to perform Western blot. Rabbit was immunized 4 times by the membrane proteins, and the serum antibody titer was measured by ELISA after each immunization. The specific interactions between antibodies in serum and SeAx proteins were detected by Western blotting. E. coli were initially transfected by recombinant phages, and the recombinant proteins expressed were transferred onto the nitrocellulose membranes, which were then again reacted with diluted serum from the immunized rabbit. Positive clones were subcloned and the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA inserts was determined. Finally, cDNA sequence analysis via database searching was performed to define the gene. Results Membrane proteins of SeAx cells were purified by differential centrifugation and a 1?10-5 titer of antibody was obtained after 4 times of immunization. 1?106 phage clones were screened, 25 of which were positive. Nucleotide sequencing and database searching showed that 4 cDNA inserts were cell membrane proteins, respectively as integrin alpha 4,ligatin, matrix metalloproteinase 24 and MHC-I molecule HLA-A. Conclusion Membrane proteins of CTCL and SeAx cells, are purified and polyclonal antibodies against SeAx cell membrane proteins are successfully prepared. The 4 genes of membrane proteins are identified by means of SEREX from SeAx cDNA library, expressed by phages. These genic candidates are able to induce systemic humoral immune reactions and might therefore be promising targets for immunotherapeutic interventions of CTCL.
3.Epigenetics-based anticancer drugs:research advances
Ming WANG ; Xue LI ; Ziling WANG
Journal of International Pharmaceutical Research 2016;43(4):658-664
In recent years,with the completion of the Human Genome Project and the development of mapping the Human Ge?nome Methylation Variable Site Map Plan,research on epigenetics and the generation and deveopment of cancer,epigenetic treatment drugs,especially the successful clinical application of the DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylation inhibitors in the treatment of cancer patients,epigenetic has becoming a hot spot. This article reviews the recent progress in pharmacological action of epigenetics-based anticancer drugs,it may provide some new ideas to the therapy and fundamental research of cancer.
4.Construction of human immunoglobulin combinatorial library and screening of phage antibodies to platelet
Ziling WANG ; Jingxiang ZHAO ; Li SU
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2001;0(06):-
Objective Human immunoglobulin combinatorial library was generated by using phage surface display expression system, and phage antibodies (Fabs) to platelet were screened.Methods:PBMC were separated from a patient who Were transfusion refractory to platelet. mRNA was isolated and cDNA was synthesized by reverse transcriptase.The immunoglobulin heavy chain Fd and the light chain ? genes were amplified by half nested PCR and the PCR products were cloned into the expression vector pCome3 respectively.The immunoglobulin combinatorial library was constructed and screened by 3 rounds of affinity selection.Results Human Immunoglobulin Combinatorial Library was successfully constructed.The specific phage antibodies were highly enriched after 3 rounds of biopanning selection against platelet membrane proteins.Conclusion The antibody library and human monoclonal antibodies to platelet may be useful as molecular tools to study the anti platelet drugs, platelet related diseases, epitope of human platelet antigens.
5.Survivin mRNA is suppressed in HepG2 cells after AFP gene silencing
Nian FANG ; Ziling FANG ; Huiqing ZHANG ; Xiaoni HAN ; Gen HUANG ; Nongrong WANG ; Jianping XIONG ; Kunhe ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2013;(24):1528-1530
Objective:To observe the effects of AFP gene silencing by siRNA on the Survivin mRNA of hepatocellular carcino-ma cell line HepG2. Methods:AFP gene expression was downregulated in HepG2 cell by RNAi, and the AFP content in the superna-tant was detected by ELISA. Survivin mRNA level was tested by RT-PCR. MTT was applied to evaluate cell proliferation. Flow cytom-etry was employed to observe cell apoptosis. Results:At 48 h after transfection, AFP expression was almost completely inhibited, cell proliferation activity was decreased by 43.1%, cell apoptosis rate was increased by 24.3%, and the Survivin mRNA expression was re-duced to 22.0%in the experimental group. No evident changes were observed in negative control and blank groups. Conclusion:AFP gene silenced by RNAi induces growth inhibition and apoptosis promotion of hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG2. This gene may be associated with the suppression of Survivin mRNA.
6.Hepatic gene expression of rats subjected to hemorrhagic shock
Huibin XU ; Lingzhi HUANG ; Wei ZHENG ; Xiaofeng LI ; Ziling WANG ; Hong ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2009;18(7):702-706
Objective To analyze the differential gene expression profiling of liver in rats subjected to hemorrhagic shock(HS) and sham hemorrhage shock(SHAM) by gene chip technology, thus to evaluate the possible molecular pathogenesis of HS. Method 20 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into a SHAM group and a HS group, with 10 rats in each group. Hepatic gene expression profiles were detected by oligonucleotide microarrays of 5705 mouse genes in two groups for three times. Genes with ratio(R) > 2 were identified as up-regulated and R < 0.5 were identified as down-regulated. Biological function of differentially expressed genes was analyzed and 9 genes were selected to undergo semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Results Among the total 5705 probes detected,86 genes showed differential expression in HS group comparison with SHAM group. The expression levels of 72 genes were up-regulated while those of 14 genes were down-regulated significantly. Differentially expressed genes were classified according to their biological function: transport genes, transcription regulator genes, signaling genes, response to stress genes, metabolic genes, development genes and cell adhesion genes. Conclusions cDNA microarray is an efficient and high-throughout method to survey gene expression profiles in HS.The variation of those gene expressions might be a potential pathogenic mechanism for HS that may offer a novel target for further study of therapeutic strategies of HS.
7.A primary survey of the histopathological characteristic in nontuberculous mycobacteria lymphadenitis
Ziling LI ; Xinhua ZHANG ; Fang ZHANG ; Haifeng SHAO ; Cuihong WANG ; Pengpeng ZHANG
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2004;0(02):-
Objective:To approach the distinctive histopathological chages of nontuberculous mycobacteria lymphadenitis. Methods: The experimental animal model of nontuberculous mycobacteria lymphadenitis was developed and the histopathological changes were observed under the light microscope.Results:The distinctive histopathological changes of nontuberculous mycobacteria lymphadenitis were identified as following: ①Granulomas were found in lymph nodes which were infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria.The coagulation necrosis was located at the center of the granuloma and it was not caseation.Neutrophils were distributed over the necrosis area.Surrounding the center necrosis area,many epithelioid cells,lymphocytes and mononuclear cells could be found.The periphery of the granuloma was surrounded by the fibrous tissues.Outside the granuloma,Langhans giant cells could be found.②Serpiginous necrosis was found in the lymph nodes which were infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria.The shape of serpiginous necrosis was a long strip.In the center area,the strip of coagulation necrosis and the strip of the space which was remnant after the desquamation of necrosis tissues could be found.Many neutrophils were distributed over the necrosis area.Around the center necrosis area,many epithelioid cells,lymphocytes and mononuclear cells could be found.The fibrous tissues were in the borderline.Conclusion:Serpiginous necrosis was one of the distinctive histopathological change of nontuberculous mycobacteria lymphadenitis.
8.Meta-analysis of effects of mobile health on blood pressure control in stroke patients
Ziling ZHENG ; Qingyu WANG ; Fangyu YANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2021;27(13):1743-1748
Objective:To systematically evaluate effects of mobile health intervention on blood pressure control in stroke patients.Methods:PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library, Sinomed, CNKI and Wanfang databases were searched by computer. The search time was from the establishment of databases to October 31, 2020. Two researchers independently searched and screened out RCTs that used Mobile Health to intervene blood pressure in stroke patients according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the literature. The revised version of the risk assessment tool for bias was used to evaluate quality of included literatures, and RevMan 5.3 was used to perform a meta-analysis on the extracted data.Results:A total of 5 articles were included, including 1 209 study subjects. Meta-analysis results showed that compared with conventional care, mobile health could reduce the systolic blood pressure of stroke patients [ WMD= -3.59, 95% CI: (-6.00--1.18) , P=0.004]and diastolic blood pressure [ WMD=-3.38, 95% CI: (-5.16- -1.60) , P=0.000 2]. Conclusions:Mobile health is better than conventional care in blood pressure control for stroke patients, but more high-quality RCT studies are still needed to further verify the conclusions in the future. Mobile health is expected to become an effective means to help stroke patients manage their blood pressure in the long-term.
9.The efficacy of continuous blood purification in the treatment of severe heart failure combined with renal failure
Jian LYU ; Zilong WANG ; Ziling LI
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2022;45(6):564-568
Objective:To explore the clinical value of continuous blood purification(CBP) in patients with severe heart failure combined with renal failure and its effect on serum p66Shc protein, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor 1 (sFlt-1), and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1).Methods:Ninety-seven patients with severe heart failure combined with renal failure admitted to the Chaoyang Central Hospital from March 2017 to October 2019 were enrolled and they were divided into the control group (48 cases) and the observation group (49 cases) according to the random number table method. The control group was treated with intermittent hemodialysis (IHD), while the observation group was treated with CBP. Changes of the efficacy, the renal function indexes, cardiac function indexes, p66Shc protein, sFlt-1, TIMP-1 before and after treatment were compared between the two groups. The occurrence of adverse reactions were recorded.Results:The total effective rate in the observation group was better than thatin the control group: 79.59% (39/49) vs. 60.42% (29/48), χ 2 = 4.25, P<0.05. After treated for 1 week, the levels of blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, serum phosphorus, blood uric acid and β2 microglobulinin the observation group were lower than those in the control group: (12.63 ± 3.14) mmol/L vs. (16.23 ± 4.74) mmol/L, (175.52 ± 39.57) μmol/L vs. (240.15 ± 50.18) μmol/L, (1.20 ± 0.23) mmol/L vs. (1.37 ± 0.31) mmol/L, (265.15 ± 34.79) μmol/L vs.(297.52 ± 50.07) μmol/L, (28.75 ± 5.14) mg/L vs. (33.52 ± 7.39) mg/L, the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The levels of left ventricular ejection fraction, cardiac output and stroke volume in the observation group were higher than those in the control group: (53.63 ± 7.96)% vs. (49.52 ± 5.14)%, (58.45 ± 15.23) ml vs. (49.58 ± 9.52) ml, (4.59 ± 0.52) L/min vs. (4.01 ± 0.23) L/min, the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The levels of p66Shc, sFlt-1, TIMP-1 in the observation group were lower than thosein the control group: 1.11 ± 0.36 vs. 1.45 ± 0.42, (15.76 ± 4.34) μg/L vs. (19.87 ± 5.66) μg/L, (59.14 ± 10.57) μg/L vs. (65.39 ± 9.45) μg/L, the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The total adverse reaction rate in the observation group was lower than that in the observation group: 14.29% (7/49) vs. 31.25% (15/48), χ2 = 3.98, P<0.05. Conclusions:CBP therapy for patients with severe heart failure combined with renal failure has better efficacy than IHD, and can improve the patient′s cardiac and kidney function, reduce the levels of p66Shc protein, sFlt-1 and TIMP-1, reduce adverse reactions. It is safe and feasible.
10.Effect of sex difference on body weight and body fat in mice
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(16):2408-2413
Objective To investigate the effects of sex difference on the body weight and body fat in mice.Methods Seventy-seven FVB/NJ background mice models were used and divided into the male mice and female mice.The body weight was measured once a week at 3 to 8 weeks of age.The content of body fat in mice was detected by the small animal nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer.The glucose metabolism was evaluated by the glucose tolerance test and insulin resistance test.The oxygen consumption,carbon dioxide ex-halation volume and energy consumption of mice were recorded in the energy metabolism experiment.In addi-tion,the differences in body weight,body fat content,glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity under normal and high fat diet conditions between male mice and female mice were analyzed.Results Starting from 4 weeks of age,the body weight of male mice was significantly higher than that of female mice,while the fat/body weight ratio was lower than that of female mice,and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The glucose tolerance degree[(694.8±129.4)mg·dL-1·h-1 vs. (492.6±130.7)mg·dL-1·h-1]and in-sulin sensitivity[(1008.4±137.0)mg·dL-1·h-1 vs. (798.5±119.9)mg·dL-1·h-1]in the male mice were worse than those in the female mice,and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).The ox-ygen consumption volume[(1.60±0.12)mL-1·h-1·g-1 vs. (1.47±0.08)mL-1·h-1·g-1],carbon diox-ide expiration volume[(1.40±0.06)mL-1·h-1·g-1 vs. (1.33±0.08)mL-1·h-1·g-1]and energy con-sumption value[(0.49±0.04)kcal·h-1·g-1 vs. (0.44±0.03)kcal·h-1·g-1]in the male mice were high-er than those in the female mice,and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).In the short high lipid diet,the body weight in the male mice was significantly higher than that in the female mice[(23.17±2.67)g vs. (17.96±0.78)g],and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).But the body lipid content had statistical difference (P>0.05).Conclusion The sex differences significantly affect the body weight and body fat of mice,meanwhile the male mice are more likely to generate more fat under high fat diet.