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Objective To investigate the effects of morphine on PTEN expression and NF-κB activity in human gastric carcinoma cell line MGC-803.Methods The human gastric cancer cell line MGC-803 was purchased from Cell Biology Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences,and cultured in DMEM liquid culture medium.The cells were randomly divided into 2 groups(n = 6 each): control group and morphine group.The cells was exposed to 0.1 μmol/L morphine in morphine group.The apoptosis was assessed by flow cytometry after being incubated with morphine for 24 h.PTEN expression and NF-κB activity were detected using RT-PCR and Western blot.Results The apoptotic rate was significantly increased,PTEN expression was up-regulated and NF-κB activity was significantly decreased in morphine group compared with control group(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Morphine can promote the apoptosis in human gastric cancer cells by up-regulating PTEN expression and decreasing NF-κB activity.

Objective To compare GM260 portable blood glucose meter and AU5821 automatic biochemical analyzer in order to prove the accuracy of GM260 and its applicability for clinical use.Methods Totally 20 pieces of EDTA-K2 anticoagulative specimens and 23 GM260 meters were numbered,and each specimen underwent examinations by both GM260 and AU5821,then the bias between the two kinds of devices was calculated.Results The maximal bias between GM260 and AU5821 was 0.47 mmol/L and all the meters had the bias between-0.83 and 0.83 mmol/L in case of 5 specimens with the glucose concentration less than 4.2 mmol/L;the maximal bias between GM260 and AU5821 was 18.07％ and all the meters had the bias between-20％ and 20％ in case of 15 specimens with the glucose concentration not less than 4.2 mmol/L;the examination results by GM260 all accorded with industrial standard.The results by GM260 were lower than those by AU5821,and the maximal negative deviation was-13.43％.Conclusion Portable blood glucose meter can only be used for screening,and automatic biochemical analyzer is the preferred device for diabetes diagnosis.

AIM:To study the effect and the molecular mechanism of CDX 2 over-expression on the prolifera-tion, growth and cell cycle of human gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901.METHODS:The SGC-7901 cells in LV-CDX2-GFP group were transfected with the recombinant lentivirus vector LV-CDX2-GFP, the cells in LV-GFP group were trans-fected with the negative control lentiviral vector for the negative control , and the cells in blank control group were without any treatment.The cell proliferation was detected by CCK-8 assay.The cell cycle distribution was analyzed by flow cytome-try.The expression of CDX2, Bax, Bcl-2, cyclin D1 and survivin was determined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Wes-tern blotting .RESULTS:Compared with LV-GFP group and blank control group , the proliferation activity of the SGC-7901 cells was significantly lower (P<0.05), the G0/G1 phase proportion increased (P<0.05), the mRNA and protein levels of Bcl-2, cyclin D1 and survivin were reduced (P<0.05), and the mRNA and protein levels of Bax were up-regula-ted (P<0.05) in LV-CDX2-GFP group.No statistically significant difference of the above indexes was observed (P>0.05) between LV-GFP group and blank control group .CONCLUSION:Over-expression of CDX2 mediated by lentivirus inhibits the proliferation and growth of human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells and arrestes the cell cycle at G 0/G1 phase, which may be related to down-regulation of Bcl-2, cyclin D1 and survivin and up-regulation of Bax .

Objective This study was performed to assess the clinical feasibility of video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy in the treatment of resectable lung cancer.Methods Between March 2011 and May 2012,we retrospectively analyzed the data from 56 patients who underwent video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy(VAMLA).In patients receiving tumour resection subsequently,radicality of the previous mediastinoscopic dissection was controlled during thoracotomy.Results Mean operative time of video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy was(42.0 ± 13.5) min(range of 26-86 min).Mean number of resected lymph nodes was 12.4 ± 6.7 (range of 5-24).In video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy,the rates of lymph node dissection of stations 2,4,5,7,8 were 54.5％,92.7％,58.2％,100％,61.8％,respectively,there was no operative mortality and morbility.90.9％ patients achieved radical dissection.Conclusion Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy is a clinically feasible procedure and provides more accurate staging of mediastinal node in lung cancer patients.It also plays an important role in minimal invasive surgery and neoadjuvant therapy.

Objective To investigate the effects of caudal type homeobox 2 (Cdx2) silence on reservion of multi-drug resistance of gastric carcinoma cisplantin-resistant cell SGC7901/DDP.Methods Gastric carcinoma cisplantin-resistant cells SCG7901/DDP in the logarithmic phase were cultured in the plate,and were divided into the experimental group [gastric carcinoma cells of SGC7901/DDP were infected with a silent Cdx2-recombinanted lentiviral vector (pLL-Cdx2-shRNA)],the negative control group (gastric carcinoma cells of SGC7901/DDP were infected with empty lentiviral vector) and the blank control group (gastric carcinoma cells of SGC7901/DDP were not treated).The protein and mRNA expressions of Cdx2 and apoptosis related genes like c-myc,cyclin D1 and survivin were detected by the Western blot and reverse-transcription PCR,respectively.The sensitivity of the cells in the 3 groups to adriamycin,5-fluorouracil and cisplatium were assessed by MTT.The pump-out rate of adriamycin,cell cycle distribution and apoptosis of the 3 groups were analyzed using flow cytometry.All measurement data were expressed with mean ± standard deviation.Comparison among multi-groups was done by one-way analysis of variance,and comparison between 2 groups was done by SNK-q test.The enumeration data were analyzed using the chi-square test.Results The relative protein expression levels of Cdx2,c-myc,cyclin D1 and survivin were 0.187 ± 0.060,0.086 ± 0.004,0.016 ± 0.005 and 0.276 ± 0.012 in the experimental group,0.535 ± 0.033,0.379 ± 0.006,0.141 ± 0.003 and 0.672 ± 0.009 in the negative control group,and 0.567 ± 0.014,0.354 ± 0.004,0.162 ± 0.008 and 0.517 ± 0.313 in the blank control group,respectively.The relative protein expression levels of Cdx2,c-myc,cyclin D1 and survivin in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the negative control group and the blank control group (F =247.385,3.353,597.882,98.628,P ＜0.05).The relative mRNA expression levels of Cdx2,c-myc,cyclin D1 and survivin were 0.184 ± 0.010,0.212 ± 0.022,0.045 ± 0.009 and 0.401 ± 0.027 in the experimental group,0.894 ± 0.056,0.538 ± 0.021,0.163 ±0.009 and 0.824 ± 0.016 in the negative control group,and 0.837 ±0.049,0.545 ±0.032,0.157 ±0.010 and 0.782 ±0.056 in the blank control group,respectively.The relative mRNA expression levels of Cdx2,c-myc,cyclin D1 and survivin in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the negative control group and the blank control group (F =243.776,161.793,138.523,118.426,P ＜ 0.05).The IC50 values detected by MTT of adriamycin,5-flurouracile and cisplatin to gastroc carcinoma cisplantin-resistant cell SCG7901/DDP were (0.12 ± 0.05) mg/L,(0.52 ± 0.13) mg/L and (0.82 ± 0.13) mg/L in the experimental group,(0.33 ± 0.08) mg/L,(4.10.± 1.25) mg/L and (2.81 ± 0.50) mg/L in the negative control group,(0.39 ±0.15)mg/L,(4.05 ± 1.44) mg/L and (3.28 ± 1.03) rng/L in the blank control group,respectively.The pump-out rates of adriamycin of the experimental group,negative control group,and the blank control group were0.21％,0.37％ and 0.35％.Compared with the negative control group and the blank control group,the IC50values of adriamycin,5-fluorouracil and cisplatin in the experimental group were significantly increased,and thepump-out rate of adriamycin was significantly decreased (F =8.101,13.854,15.159,x2 =7.106,P ＜ 0.05).The ratios of cells in the G0/G1 phase were 17.87％,34.71％ and 37.20％ in the experimental group,negative control group and the blank control group,respectively.Compared with the negative control group and blank control group,the ratio of cells in the G0/Gt was significantly decreased (x2=1.055,P ＜ 0.05).The ratio of cells in the G2/M phase in the experimental group was 11.93％,and the apoptosis rate was 31.13％,which were significantly higher than the negative group (0.26％,16.58％) and the blank control group (0.35％,13.18％) (x2=2.249,11.030,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Silent Cdx2 can effectively enhance the sensitivity of the SGC7901/DDP cells and the intracellular accumulation concentration of the drugs.Silent Cdx2 can also reverse the multidrug resistance of the SGC7901/DDP cells.

Background and purpose:It has beenreported that miR-1284 is associated with gastric cancer lymph node metastasis in the research of microRNA microarray in human gastric cancer tissues. But the specific role of miR-1284 in gastric cancer has not been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of miR-1284 over-expression on the gene expression profiling and invasion/metastasis of human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells. Methods:Gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells of LV-miR-1284 group were transfected with lentiviral vectors of miR-1284, cells of LV-NC-GFP group were transfected with lentiviral vectors without miR-1284, and cells of control group were not transfected with lentiviral vectors. The expression of miR-1284 was detected by the real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR. Differential expression genes were detected by the microRNA chip. Target genes of miR-1284 were predicted by the bioinformatics. Invasive ability was detected by the Transwell invasion assay. Metastasis ability was detected by subcutane-ously transplanted tumor model of nude mice.Results:Compared with LV-NC-GFP and control groups, the expressions of miR-1284 and 20 genes were up-regulated, and the expression of 17 genes was down-regulated in LV-miR-1284 group. One hundred and thirty-eight target genes of miR-1284 were predicted by the bioinformatics website. Compared with invasive cell number of LV-NC-GFP group (168.67±4.55) and control group (170.33±3.08), the ability of invasion ofcells was weakened in LV-miR-1284 group (70.00±2.37). Compared with the liver metastasis rate of LV-NC-GFP group (85.71%) and control group (85.71%), the ability of metastasis of cells was weakened in LV-miR-1284 group (14.29%). Conclusion:The ability of invasion and metastasis of SGC-7901 cells is suppressed by over-expression of miR-1284. The mechanism may be related to regulating the expression ofSUMO1 andJUNgenes.

Objective To discuss the clinical efficacy of hot-tonifying needling in treating stomachache due to deficient cold in spleen-stomach.Method Forty patients with stomachache due to deficient cold in spleen-stomach were divided into a treatment group and a control group by using random number table method according to registration order, 20 cases in each group. The control group was intervened by twisting tonifying method, while the treatment group was intervened by hot tonifying needling method. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was observed before and after the treatment, and the clinical efficacies were compared.Result The VAS scores were significantly changed after the treatment in both groups (P<0.05); there was a significant difference in comparing the VAS score between the two groups after the treatment (P<0.05); the difference in the change of VAS score between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). The total effective rate was 95.0％ in the treatment group, versus 60.0％ in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), and there were significant differences in comparing the clinical efficacy and relapse rate between the two groups (P<0.05).Conclusion Hot-tonifying needling is effective in treating stomachache due to deficient cold in spleen-stomach, with less adverse effects and lower relapse rate.

AIM: To observe the efficacy and safety of intravitreal injection of Conbercept for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration( AMD) .
METHODS:Retrospective analysis. A total of 20 patients involving 22 eyes were diagnosed of wet AMD and confirmed by routine ophthalmic examination, fundus fluorescein angiography ( FFA ) and optical coherence tomography. All these affected eyes received intravitreal injection of 10 mg/ml of 0. 5mg Conbercept, once monthly, for 3 successive times during the initial treatment. The need for repeated treatment was determined according to patients'disease conditions. The patients were followed up once monthly for ≥6mo. The changes in best corrected visual acuity ( BCVA ) , central retinal thickness ( CRT ) and choroidal neovascularization ( CNV) lesion leakage of the affected eyes before and after treatment were compared and analyzed.
RESULTS:Within 1, 3 and 6mo after treatment, the mean BCVA ( logMAR ) of the affected eyes increased when compared with before treatment;the difference was statistically significant(P<0. 01). In 1, 3 and 6mo after treatment, the mean CRT of the affected eyes decreased when compared with before treatment;the difference was statistically significant(P<0. 01). During the last follow-up, FFA showed that macular CNV lesion leakage disappeared in 20 eyes(90%) while leakage mitigated in 2 eyes ( 9%) . During the follow - up, there were no treatment - related serious ocular complications and systemic serious adverse reactions.
CONCLUSION: Clinically, intravitreal injection of Conbercept for the treatment of wet AMD can increase visual acuity of the affected eyes. It also can decrease CRT of the affected eyes, and inhibit neovascular leakage. There are no treatment-related adverse reactions.

AIM:To evaluate the correlation between microRNA-1284 (miR-1284) and gastric cancer, and to investigate the underlying mechanism.METHODS: The expression of miR-1284 was examined by real-time PCR in 63 gastric cancer ( GC) tissue samples and 63 non-malignant adjacent tissue samples.The correlation between miR-1284 and the clinicopathological feature of GC was analyzed.Lentiviral vector containing miR-1284 was constructed and transfected into GC SGC-7901 cells.After transfection, the expression of miR-1284 was examined by real-time PCR.The cell activity was evaluated by CCK-8 assay.The cell cycle and apoptosis were determined by flow cytometry.The ability of cell migra-tion was measured by wound-healing assay.The potential target gene of miR-1284 was predicted by online bioinformatic softwares.The expression of JAG1 mRNA was examined by real-time PCR.The protein levels of JAG1, Notch1 and NF-κB were analyzed by Western blotting.RESULTS:Compared with non-malignant adjacent tissue samples, the results of real-time PCR showed significant downregulation of miR-1284 in 42 GC tissue samples ( P<0.05 ) .The expression level of miR-1284 was not significantly associated with age and gender of the patients, tumor size, TNM staging and lymph node metastases (P>0.05), but significantly associated with histologic grading (P<0.05).Compared with LV-NC-GFP group and control group, after transfection of miR-1284 in LV-miR-1284 group, the expression of miR-1284 was significantly in-creased (P<0.05), the percentages of apoptotic cells and the cells in G0/G1 phase were significantly increased (P<0.05), the cells activity and ability of migration were significantly decreased (P<0.05), and the expression of JAG1, Notch1 and NF-κB was significantly decreased (P<0.05).CONCLUSION:The inhibitory effect of miR-1284 on gastric cancer may be associated with the regulation of its targeting gene JAG1.