1.SAE1 promotes tumor cell malignancy via SUMOylation and liquid-liquid phase separation facilitated nuclear export of p27.
Ling WANG ; Jie MIN ; Jinjun QIAN ; Xiaofang HUANG ; Xichao YU ; Yuhao CAO ; Shanliang SUN ; Mengying KE ; Xinyu LV ; Wenfeng SU ; Mengjie GUO ; Nianguang LI ; Shiqian QI ; Hongming HUANG ; Chunyan GU ; Ye YANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2025;15(4):1991-2007
Most cancers are currently incurable, partly due to abnormal post-translational modifications (PTMs). In this study, we initially used multiple myeloma (MM) as a working model and found that SUMOylation activating enzyme subunit 1 (SAE1) promotes the malignancy of MM. Through proteome microarray analysis, SAE1 was identified as a potential target for bioactive colcemid or its derivative colchicine. Elevated levels of SAE1 were associated with poor clinical survival and increased MM proliferation in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, SAE1 directly SUMOylated and upregulated the total protein expression of p27, leading to LLPS-mediated nuclear export of p27. Our study also demonstrated the involvement of SAE1 in other types of cancer cells, and provided the first monomer crystal structure of SAE1 and its key binding model with colchicine. Colchicine also showed promising results in the Patient-Derived Tumor Xenograft (PDX) model. Furthermore, a controlled clinical trial with 56 MM patients demonstrated the clinical efficacy of colchicine. Our findings reveal a novel mechanism by which tumor cells evade p27-induced cellular growth arrest through p27 SUMOylation-mediated nuclear export. SAE1 may serve as a promising therapeutic target, and colchicine may be a potential treatment option for multiple types of cancer in clinical settings.
2.The effects of two MMPs inhibitors on the bonding performance in moderate fluorosis dentin
Jiyan JIANG ; Mengjie CHU ; Ye TANG ; Wanzhi HE ; Hua YANG ; Liming CHEN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2025;44(11):868-871
Objective:To study the effects of chlorhexidine (CHX) and ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) on adhesive properties of moderate fluorosis dentin.Methods:From August to September 2024, a total of 30 freshly extracted, non-carious and non-defective mandibular molars with moderate dental fluorosis, extracted for impaction or orthodontic reasons, were collected from the patients at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Guiyang Stomatological Hospital and randomly divided into three groups (Groups A, B, and C, n = 10) using a simple randomization method, and pretreated for 60 s with normal saline (Group A), 17%EDTA gel (Group B), and 2%CHX solution (Group C), respectively. Subsequently, microtensile bonding strength testing and microleakage evaluation were performed. Results:The immediate bonding strengths of Groups A, B, and C were (14.23 ± 4.75), (20.94 ± 7.46), and (28.76 ± 14.61) MPa, respectively, and the bonding strengths after aging were (9.89 ± 3.81), (19.05 ± 7.85), and (22.15 ± 8.67) MPa, respectively. There were statistically significant differences in both immediate and aged bonding strengths among the three groups ( F = 6.08, 8.07, P = 0.010, 0.002). The immediate bonding strength of Group C was significantly higher than that of Group A ( P < 0.05), and the post aging bonding strength of both Group B and Group C was significantly higher than that of Group A ( P < 0.05). The proportion of silver staining area with microleakage in Groups A, B, and C were 21.87% (14.65%, 40.15%), 2.34% (1.87%, 5.29%), and 17.54% (4.59%, 20.47%), respectively, with statistically significant differences among the three groups ( H = 27.36, P = 0.001). The proportion of silver stained area with microleakage in Group B was significantly lower than that in Group A and Group C, and the difference was statistically significant ( P < 0.05). Conclusions:Pretreatment of moderate fluorosis dentin with 2%CHX or 17%EDTA can improve resin bongding performance, with EDTA being superior in reducing microleakage and CHX being better in enhancing adhesion strength.
3.Study on the mechanism of long non-coding RNA LUCAT1 regulating the malignancy of pancreatic cancer MIA PaCa-2 cells
Mengjie Ye ; Weiwei Qu ; Guangtao Luo
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2025;60(2):187-194
Objective :
To investigate the effect of long non-coding RNA LUCAT1 (lncRNA LUCAT1) on the biological behavior of MIA PaCa-2 in human pancreatic cancer cells , and to explore the potential role of LUCAT1 in the malignant progression of pancreatic cancer.
Methods :
The mutation and expression of LUCAT1 in pancreatic cancer were analyzed by GEPIA , the expression levels of LUCAT1 in human pancreatic ductal cells HPNE and hu- man pancreatic cancer cells were detected by q-PCR , and the expression and distribution of LUCAT1 in human pancreatic cancer tissues were detected by FISH . CCK-8 assay and Transwell assay were used to detect the effects of LUCAT1 on the proliferation , apoptosis , drug resistance , and migration of MIA PaCa-2 cells . Gene ensemble enrichment analysis was performed to compare the related signaling pathways involved in LUCAT1 , and Western blot assay was used to verify the protein expression level .
Results :
The results of GEPIA analysis showed that the expression level of LUCAT1 in human pancreatic cancer tissues was up-regulated , and the expression of LUCAT1 in human pancreatic cancer cells was significantly higher ( P < 0. 05 ) . Knockdown and overexpression of LUCAT1 could affect the proliferation , apoptosis , gemcitabine resistance , migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells , and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0. 05) . In addition , LUCAT1 affected p-Akt expression levels in pancreatic cancer and was inhibited after treatment with Akt inhibitor MK-2206 .
Conclusion
LUCAT1 regulates the malignant progression of MIA PaCa-2 in pancreatic cancer cells through the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway.
4.Correlation between iodine level in drinking water and conventional water quality indicators
Xiaoxue SHI ; Demei ZHOU ; Chun XIE ; Hongbing YE ; Yang LI ; Xuan LI ; Gang CHEN ; Mengjie YANG ; Hong XIANG
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2025;44(7):558-562
Objective:To study the correlation between iodine level in drinking water and conventional water quality indicators.Methods:From June 2017 to July 2018, a simple random sampling method was used to select administrative villages (communities) from 88 counties (cities, districts) in Guizhou Province with a sampling size greater than 5%. One drinking water sample was collected from each administrative village (community), and conventional water quality indicators (including fluorine, aluminum, mercury, selenium, sulfate, total dissolved solids and total hardness) were tested in accordance with the methods outlined in the "Standards for Drinking Water Quality" (GB 5749-2006). The cerium sulfate catalytic spectrophotometric method was employed to test drinking water iodine level. Spearman method was utilized to analyze the correlation between iodine level in drinking water and conventional water quality indicators.Results:A total of 904 drinking water samples were tested, with a median iodine level of 1.90 μg/L and a range of 0.10 - 36.70 μg/L. There were 899 administrative villages (communities) with a water iodine level of less than 10 μg/L, accounting for 99.45%. There were only 5 administrative villages (communities) with a water iodine level of greater than 10 μg/L, accounting for 0.55%. Correlation analysis revealed that in Guizhou Province, the iodine level in drinking water was positively correlated with the levels of fluorine, aluminum, sulfate, total dissolved solids, and total hardness [correlation coefficients ( r) = 0.11, 0.07, 0.07, 0.08, 0.07, P < 0.05], and was a negatively correlated with mercury and selenium levels ( r = - 0.12, - 0.12, P < 0.001). Conclusions:External environment in Guizhou Province is generally deficient in iodine. The iodine level in drinking water is positively correlated with the levels of fluorine, aluminum, sulfate, total dissolved solids, and total hardness, and negatively correlated with the levels of mercury and selenium.
5.Correlation between iodine level in drinking water and conventional water quality indicators
Xiaoxue SHI ; Demei ZHOU ; Chun XIE ; Hongbing YE ; Yang LI ; Xuan LI ; Gang CHEN ; Mengjie YANG ; Hong XIANG
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2025;44(7):558-562
Objective:To study the correlation between iodine level in drinking water and conventional water quality indicators.Methods:From June 2017 to July 2018, a simple random sampling method was used to select administrative villages (communities) from 88 counties (cities, districts) in Guizhou Province with a sampling size greater than 5%. One drinking water sample was collected from each administrative village (community), and conventional water quality indicators (including fluorine, aluminum, mercury, selenium, sulfate, total dissolved solids and total hardness) were tested in accordance with the methods outlined in the "Standards for Drinking Water Quality" (GB 5749-2006). The cerium sulfate catalytic spectrophotometric method was employed to test drinking water iodine level. Spearman method was utilized to analyze the correlation between iodine level in drinking water and conventional water quality indicators.Results:A total of 904 drinking water samples were tested, with a median iodine level of 1.90 μg/L and a range of 0.10 - 36.70 μg/L. There were 899 administrative villages (communities) with a water iodine level of less than 10 μg/L, accounting for 99.45%. There were only 5 administrative villages (communities) with a water iodine level of greater than 10 μg/L, accounting for 0.55%. Correlation analysis revealed that in Guizhou Province, the iodine level in drinking water was positively correlated with the levels of fluorine, aluminum, sulfate, total dissolved solids, and total hardness [correlation coefficients ( r) = 0.11, 0.07, 0.07, 0.08, 0.07, P < 0.05], and was a negatively correlated with mercury and selenium levels ( r = - 0.12, - 0.12, P < 0.001). Conclusions:External environment in Guizhou Province is generally deficient in iodine. The iodine level in drinking water is positively correlated with the levels of fluorine, aluminum, sulfate, total dissolved solids, and total hardness, and negatively correlated with the levels of mercury and selenium.
6.The effects of two MMPs inhibitors on the bonding performance in moderate fluorosis dentin
Jiyan JIANG ; Mengjie CHU ; Ye TANG ; Wanzhi HE ; Hua YANG ; Liming CHEN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2025;44(11):868-871
Objective:To study the effects of chlorhexidine (CHX) and ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) on adhesive properties of moderate fluorosis dentin.Methods:From August to September 2024, a total of 30 freshly extracted, non-carious and non-defective mandibular molars with moderate dental fluorosis, extracted for impaction or orthodontic reasons, were collected from the patients at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Guiyang Stomatological Hospital and randomly divided into three groups (Groups A, B, and C, n = 10) using a simple randomization method, and pretreated for 60 s with normal saline (Group A), 17%EDTA gel (Group B), and 2%CHX solution (Group C), respectively. Subsequently, microtensile bonding strength testing and microleakage evaluation were performed. Results:The immediate bonding strengths of Groups A, B, and C were (14.23 ± 4.75), (20.94 ± 7.46), and (28.76 ± 14.61) MPa, respectively, and the bonding strengths after aging were (9.89 ± 3.81), (19.05 ± 7.85), and (22.15 ± 8.67) MPa, respectively. There were statistically significant differences in both immediate and aged bonding strengths among the three groups ( F = 6.08, 8.07, P = 0.010, 0.002). The immediate bonding strength of Group C was significantly higher than that of Group A ( P < 0.05), and the post aging bonding strength of both Group B and Group C was significantly higher than that of Group A ( P < 0.05). The proportion of silver staining area with microleakage in Groups A, B, and C were 21.87% (14.65%, 40.15%), 2.34% (1.87%, 5.29%), and 17.54% (4.59%, 20.47%), respectively, with statistically significant differences among the three groups ( H = 27.36, P = 0.001). The proportion of silver stained area with microleakage in Group B was significantly lower than that in Group A and Group C, and the difference was statistically significant ( P < 0.05). Conclusions:Pretreatment of moderate fluorosis dentin with 2%CHX or 17%EDTA can improve resin bongding performance, with EDTA being superior in reducing microleakage and CHX being better in enhancing adhesion strength.
7.NAT10 promotes cell proliferation by acetylating CEP170 mRNA to enhance translation efficiency in multiple myeloma.
Rongfang WEI ; Xing CUI ; Jie MIN ; Zigen LIN ; Yanyan ZHOU ; Mengjie GUO ; Xiaojuan AN ; Hao LIU ; Siegfried JANZ ; Chunyan GU ; Hongbo WANG ; Ye YANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2022;12(8):3313-3325
Multiple myeloma (MM) is still an incurable hematologic malignancy, which is eagerly to the discovery of novel therapeutic targets and methods. N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10) is the first reported regulator of mRNA acetylation that is activated in many cancers. However, the function of NAT10 in MM remains unclear. We found significant upregulation of NAT10 in MM patients compared to normal plasma cells, which was also highly correlated with MM poor outcome. Further enforced NAT10 expression promoted MM growth in vitro and in vivo, while knockdown of NAT10 reversed those effects. The correlation analysis of acetylated RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (acRIP-seq) and ribosome profiling sequencing (Ribo-seq) combined with RIP-PCR tests identified centrosomal protein 170 (CEP170) as an important downstream target of NAT10. Interfering CEP170 expression in NAT10-OE cells attenuated the acceleration of cellular growth caused by elevated NAT10. Moreover, CEP170 overexpression promoted cellular proliferation and chromosomal instability (CIN) in MM. Intriguingly, remodelin, a selective NAT10 inhibitor, suppressed MM cellular growth, induced cellular apoptosis in vitro and prolonged the survival of 5TMM3VT mice in vivo. Collectively, our data indicate that NAT10 acetylates CEP1 70 mRNA to enhance CEP170 translation efficiency, which suggests that NAT10 may serve as a promising therapeutic target in MM.
8.Application of atomic force microscope in the study of enamel with dental fluorosis
Mengjie CHU ; Ye TANG ; Liming CHEN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2022;41(2):170-172
At present, the exact pathogenesis of dental fluorosis is not clear, and there is no exact standard of enamel acid etching in the adhesive restoration of dental fluorosis. Atomic force microscope represents a great progress in high-resolution imaging of biomaterials, and its advantage is that it can provide three-dimensional images and quantitative data of observed samples at the nanometer level. In recent years, the application of atomic force microscope in enamel study has made some progress. Whether the quantitative analysis of enamel ultrastructure can become a new way to study the pathogenesis of dental fluorosis and find the best repair method is worthy of further exploration. This paper reviews the application of atomic force microscope in the study of enamel with dental fluorosis.
9.Survival analysis on HIV-infected children aged 14 years old and younger in China
Hao YIN ; Ye MA ; Xuan YANG ; Hao ZHAO ; Mengjie HAN
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2020;41(6):850-855
Objective:To understand the survival status and related influencing factors of HIV-infected children aged ≤14 years old, in China.Methods:HIV-infected children were selected from the China’s HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Response Information Management System (CRIMS). A retrospective cohort study was conducted to investigate the situation of survival on infected children. Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to screen the factors affecting the survival time.Results:This study involved 8 029 cases of infected children, with a median survival time of 179.75 months. The cumulative survival probabilities at 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years after the diagnosis, were 99.13 %, 97.95 %, 90.11 % and 78.63 %, respectively. Results from the multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that children who did not receive antiviral therapy were 12.81 times more likely to die than the ones who received the antiretroviral therapy (95 %CI: 11.40-14.27). Male HIV-infected children were 1.20 (95 %CI: 1.10-1.32) times more likely to die than the female HIV-infected children. The risk of death among HIV positive children at the age of 3 to 5 years was 0.67 (95 %CI: 0.60-0.76) times of those children who were diagnosed at the age of 2 years old or younger. The risk of death among children infected with HIV in Northwest was 0.52 (95 %CI: 0.29-0.95) times higher than the ones from the Northeast areas of China. The risk of death among children who received antiviral treatment (ART) in the residential areas was 1.96 (95 %CI: 1.48-2.61) times than those children who did not. The risk of death from children who did not receive health care services was 2.07 times of those children who did (95 %CI: 1.88-2.29). Conclusions:The median survival time of HIV-infected children aged ≤14 years old was 179.75 months, in China. Our findings revealed that initiation of antiviral therapy, female, age, place of receiving ART (out of the residential areas), living in Northwest China, care services and being diagnosed at older age etc. were protective factors influencing the survival time of infected children.
10.The effects of electroacupuncture at and points of stomach on gastric motility, the NMDA of vagus nerve dorsal nucleus and serum NO expression in functional dyspepsia rats.
Liur WANG ; Guoming SHEN ; Hao WANG ; Mengjie HU ; Yongchuan YAO ; Shu YE
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2018;38(3):285-290
OBJECTIVETo research the central molecular mechanism of gastric motility in functional dyspepsia (FD) rats treated with electroacupuncture (EA) at and points of stomach.
METHODSA total of 30 SD rats were randomized into a blank group, a model group, a Zhongwan+Weishu group, a Weishu group and a Zhongwan group, 6 rats in each group. FD rats were established by moderate clipping tail infuriation and irregular feeding except in the blank group. EA was used at "Zhongwan"(CV 12),"Weishu"(BL 21), and"Zhongwan"(CV 12) +"Weishu"(BL 21) in the corresponding groups for 7 days, once a day, and 20 min a time. No intervention was used in the blank and model groups. Grabbing and fixation were applied in the model group. Gastric antrum motion range and frequency were recorded by gastrointestinal pressure transducer. The expression of subunit NR1 of N-methyl-D-aspartate recepter (NMDAR) in dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV) was determined by Western blotting. The content of serum nitric oxide (NO) was measured by ELISA.
RESULTSCompared with the blank group, the gastric antrum motion range and NR1 in the DMV decreased and the serum NO content increased in the model group (all <0.05). Compared with the model group, the gastric antrum motion range and NR1 in the DMV increased and the serum NO content decreased in the three EA groups (all <0.05). Compared with the Zhongwan and Weishu groups, the gastric antrum motion range and NR1 in the DMV increased in the Zhongwan + Weishu group (all <0.05). Compared with Zhongwan + Weishu and Zhongwan groups, the expression of NO in the Weishu group decreased (both <0.05). The gastric antrum motion frequency among the 5 groups had no statistical significance (all >0.05).
CONCLUSIONEA at the and points can regulate the gastric motility in FD rats which may be by modulating the activity of NMDAR in the central DMV region, thus regulating the serum NO content.
Acupuncture Points ; Animals ; Dyspepsia ; therapy ; Electroacupuncture ; Gastrointestinal Motility ; N-Methylaspartate ; metabolism ; Nitric Oxide ; blood ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Stomach ; Vagus Nerve ; metabolism


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