1.Helicobacter pylori infection affecting the risk of colorectal adenomatous polyps in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Lina CHEN ; Zhengjuan LIU ; Zhenli TANG
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine 2026;37(1):130-133
Objective To analyze the influence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection on the risk of colorectal adenomatous polyps in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods A total of 306 patients with T2DM who were treated in the hospital from April 2021 to April 2024 were enrolled as the study subjects. According to whether colorectal adenomatous polyps occurred, the enrolled patients were divided into adenomatous polyp group and non-adenomatous polyp group. The risk factors of colorectal adenomatous polyps in T2DM patients were discussed by univariate and Logistic multivariate regression analyses. The predictive value of Hp on the occurrence of colorectal adenomatous polyps was explored by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results Among 306 T2DM patients, there were 142 cases of colorectal adenomatous polyps, with an incidence rate of 46.41%. After logistic analysis, it was found that Hp infection, concurrent gallbladder disease, fatty liver, alcohol drinking history and insulin use were independent influencing factors for colorectal adenomatous polyps (OR: 5.518, 95%CI: 2.806-10.850; OR: 2.782, 95%CI: 1.406-5.502; OR: 3.702, 95%CI: 1.684-8.141; OR: 2.125, 95%CI: 1.140-3.964; OR: 5.398, 95%CI: 2.528-11.525, P<0.05). ROR curve analysis indicated that the area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity and specificity of Hp infection in predicting colorectal adenomatous polyps were 0.611, 38.73% and 83.54%. Conclusion The occurrence of colorectal adenomatous polyps in patients with T2DM is affected by many factors among which Hp infection has obvious predictive value on its risk.
2.Establishment and characterization of mouse hepatic tumor cell line with luc2-tdT expression
Sijia HAO ; Zhenli YANG ; Xiaocui BIAN ; Yuhong HOU ; Yuqin LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2025;45(3):317-322
Objective The mouse autologous tumor model H22 is more valuable for tumor immunological-related research.This paper aims to establish mouse hepatic tumor cell line(H22-luc2-tdT)that stably express the tan-dem-dimer tomato(tdTomato)and luciferase genes.Establish an in vivo imaging model of cell line derived trans-planted tumors.Methods Using transplanted H22 tumor tissue,primary culture and continuous passage in vitro were performed to establish a continuous cell line.Cell proliferation,chromosome analysis,organoid culture,tumorigenicity,HE and ICH of aFP,CK7,CK15 were performed to charaterize the cell line.Then the luc2-tdT plasmid was transfected into H22 cells of P22,flow cytometry and in vitro/in vivo imaging were employed to screen and verify fluorescence expression.Mycoplasma detection and species verification of the established cell lines were performed.Results The H22 cells had been continuously passaged over 50 times.The cells of passsge 22(P22)were transplanted subcutaneously and intraperitoneally into C57 and Kunming mice,with a 100%tumor formation.The HE morphology of subcutaneous transplanted tumor were consistent with the original tumor.CK+/AFP+proved that it was of liver cancer origin.The H22 cells were hypo-triploid with a modal number of 40-44 chromosomes and telocentromeres,verifing its mouse origin.The latent phase for in vitro growth of H22 lasted from d0 to d3,while the exponential phaes d3 to d5,and reach plateou at d6.Successful transfection of H22 cells with the luc2-tdT were observed with in vitro/in vivo 100%fluorescence positivity,thus named H22-luc2-tdT.The transplanted tumor tissue of H22 cells could be primarily cultured to form organoids.The detection of Mycoplasma was negative,and its mouse origin confirmed by PCR.Conclusions H22 and H22-luc2-tdT cell lines are established and characterized,which can be used for the establishment and application of in vitro and in vivo liver cancer research and metastatic cell tracking.These cell lines are deposited at and can obtain from the National Biomedical Cell Resource Center(http://www.cellresource.cn).
3.The establishment of primary and transformed human vascular endothelial cell models
Hailiang FENG ; Linghua KONG ; Jiayin DAI ; Zhenli YANG ; Xiaocui BIAN ; Yuqin LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2025;45(12):1600-1607
Objective To establish primary and simian virus 40(SV40)T antigen transformed human vascular en-dothelial cell models,and provide available resources for endothelial research.Methods Human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVEC),human umbilical artery endothelial cells(HUAEC),great saphenous vein endothelial cells(GSVEC)and endothelial cells form endometrium and liver tissue were isolated and cultured respectively.Then,the primary endothelial cells were transformed by lentivirus containing SV40 big T and small T antigens,and continuously subcultured in vitro.The expression of CD31 was detected by flow cytometry,species identification-and mycoplasma detection by PCR,and cell identity was identified by STR detection.The transformed ECs were checked for HLA types.Some of them were tested for RNA expression profile and infected by Cas9 lentivirus to es-tablish stable clones.Results Totally 187 cell lines of transformed HUVEC,1 of transformed HUAEC,5 of trans-formed GSVEC,1 of transformed endothelial cells from endometrium and 1 of transformed endothelial cells from liv-er tissue,and 9 monoclonal HUVEC cell lines stably expressing Cas9 protein were established.All the transformed umbilical endothelial cells were CD31 positive ranging from 20%-90%for 20 cases,while for the rest 168 cases the positive rate was more than 90%.RNA expression revealed stable activation of cell proliferation(cell cycle and DNA synthesis).Their species were identified as human origin.The STR results were consistent with those of the primary culture and unique,and there was no mycoplasma contamination.All these cells could be obtained with the sharing services of National Science and Technology Infrastructure,the National Biomedical Cell-line Resource cen-ters(NSTI-BMCR).Conclusions A series of primary and SV40 T antigen transformed human vascular endothelial cell models have been established,which provide a tool for the study of cardiovascular diseases,inflammation,tumors and immune-related diseases.
4.Establishment and characterization of pancreatic cancer cell strains with stable expression of Cas9 protein,fluorescent proteins and luciferase
Di DAI ; Zhenli YANG ; Yujia XIA ; Xiaocui BIAN ; Yuqin LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(10):1419-1427
Objective To establish human and mouse pancreatic cancer cell strains stably expressing Cas9 protein,green fluorescent protein,red fluorescent proteins,luciferase-tdTomato,and to validate the activity of luciferase and gene editing of Cas9 function for pancreatic cancer research using luciferase and CRISPR/Cas9 system.Methods In human pancreatic cancer cells(AsPC-1,CFPAC-1,HPAC,BxPC-3,HS 766T,MIA PaCa-2,PANC-1,and SW 1990),and mouse pancreatic cancer cell(Pan02),the cells were infected with Cas9-expressing plas-mid pLv-EF1α-Cas9m1.1-Puro,and single-cell clones were selected for culture and expansion.After extracting the total protein,Western blot verified the expression level of Cas9;Infected with fluorescent protein expression plasmids pLv-EF1α-EGFP,pLv-EF1α-mCherry,pLv-EF1α-tdTomato,pLv-EF1α-Luc2-tdT,and selected single cell clones stably expressing fluorescent proteins were cultured and amplified under fluorescence microscope.Cas9 stable expression cell line was selected to be infected with pLv-EF1α-Luc2-tdT,and the mono-clonal culture of stable expression of fluorescent proteins was selected for expansion under fluorescence micro-scope.One of the cell lines were selected to be infected with Lv-EF1a-mCherry,and the mCherry-positive cells were sorted out by flow cytometry,and then the guide RNA of mCherry gene was then infected by lentivirus to tar-get the mCherry gene,and after cell expansion,mCherry knockdown was detected by fluorescence microscope observation and flow cytometry;5 BALB/c Nude mice were subcutaneously inoculated with MIA PaCa-2-Luc2-tdT cells(1.0×107/cells each),and imaged in vivo after 36 days.Results 48 human pancreatic cancer cell strains with stable Cas9 expression were screened(including 23 cells expressing Cas9m1.1,25 cells expressing Cas9m1.1-Luc2-tdT),33 pancreatic cancer cell strains with stable expression of fluorescent proteins were screened(8 cells expressing EGFP,7 expressing mCherry,and 9 each expressing Luc2-tdT and tdTomato).Cells expressing mCherry and Cas9 were infected with mCherry gRNA and mCherry was knocked down.In vivo imaging showed that both bioluminescence and fluorescence luminescence were present in MIA PaCa-2 cells ex-pressing Luc2-tdT.Conclusions 33 pancreatic cancer cell strains with stable expression of fluorescent proteins are successfully established,in which the Luc2-tdT-expressing cell strains have luciferase activity;48 pancreatic cancer cell strains with stable expression of Cas9 are successfully established,and the Cas9 protein has gene edi-ting activity,gene editing activity varies depending on the original cell strains.
5.Organ-on-a-chip:a more promising in vitro model
Zhenli YANG ; Yujia XIA ; Yuqin LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(9):1202-1207
Traditional in vitro models have inevitable limitations and there are significant differences in assessing drug efficacy and side effects as compared to human trials.Organ-on-a-chip technology simulates human organs in a physiological environment and functional chip with a high fidelity physiological or pathophysiological level,offering great innovative prospects for drug development.This paper mainly introduces the research progress and application of organ chip from the perspective of various systems in vivo.At the same time,the limitations of the current devel-opment process of organ chip and the future development direction are proposed.
6.Preclinical translational research and application of tumor organoids
Yujia XIA ; Zhenli YANG ; Yuqin LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(9):1214-1218
More and more in-depth tumor mechanism research and clinical precision treatment have put forward higher requirements for the technology for the establishment of tumor models.More and more tumor organoids have been applied.This model is able to reproduce the genomic,transcriptome,proteome and other omics features of pa-rental tumors without heterogeneity found in cell line models.Based on these characteristics,tumor organoids have gradually become a representative preclinical model,facilitating the translation of new research results and precision treatment of patients.This article summarizes the latest progress of tumor organoids on R&D of technology and appli-cation,focusing on the current methods of establishing tumor organoids,opportunities and challenges in clinical and research application.
7.Culture and characterization of breast cancer organoids
Yujia XIA ; Zhenli YANG ; Di DAI ; Yuqin LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(9):1223-1228
Objective To establish breast cancer organoids for a long time and to characterize their molecular ex-pression and test their sensitivity to chemotherapy drugs.Methods Breast cancer specimens were digested with col-lagenase to release cancer cells for organoid culture.The organoids were characterized by morphology and ER,PR,HER-2,CK expression by technology of histoimmunofluorescence.Among them,three were tested for paclitaxel,doxorubicin and cisplatin sensitivity.Results A total of 44 cases of breast cancer organoids were established,all of which showed dense spherical-like growth and ER,PR,HER-2,CK,matching their clinical counterpart.Breast cancer organoids were sensitive to chemotherapy drugs paclitaxel,doxorubicin and cisplatin.Conclusions Organoid model,as a new in vitro may reproduce the pathophysiology features with heterogeneity.
8.Exploring Synergistic Mechanism of Processing with Vinegar on Olibanum in Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis Based on Intestinal Flora
Wenjie LU ; Shitao PENG ; Zhiqian SONG ; Zhenli LIU ; Chun WANG ; Zhangchi NING
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(15):182-191
ObjectiveTo explore the improving effects and its synergistic mechanism of Olibanum before and after processing with vinegar on glycodesoxycholic acid(GDCA) intervention in mice with ulcerative colitis(UC) based on the perspective of intestinal flora. MethodC57BL/6J male mice were randomly divided into the normal group, model group, GDCA group, Olibanum group(1.5 g·kg-1) and vinegar-processed Olibanum(1.5 g·kg-1) group, with 6 mice in each group. Mice in the normal group drank water freely, and mice in the other groups were given 2% dextran sulfate sodium(DSS) periodically to establish a UC mouse model. During the modeling, GDCA group, Olibanum group and vinegar-processed Olibanum group were intervened by intraperitoneally injection of GDCA(0.05 g·kg-1). From the 13th day after modeling, Olibanum group and vinegar-processed Olibanum group were given the corresponding doses of drugs by gavage, once a day, for 36 d. During this period, the body mass of mice was recorded and the disease activity index(DAI) was assessed. On day 48, faeces were collected for 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing to analyse changes in intestinal flora. On the 49th day, hematoxylin-eosion(HE) staining was used to observe the colon histological lesions, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) was used to determine serum levels of tumour necrosis factor-α(TNF-α), interleukin(IL)-1β and IL-6, and Spearman correlation analysis was used to explore the correlation between differential bacterial species and inflammatory factor levels. ResultCompared with the normal group, the model group showed a significant decrease in body weight(P<0.01), a significant increase in DAI(P<0.05), and a significant increase in TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 levels(P<0.01), and there was partial infiltration of inflammatory cells in the colon. Compared with the model group, mice in the GDCA group showed a significant decrease in body weight, a significant increase in DAI and levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6(P<0.01), and severe disruption of colonic crypt structure, extensive infiltration of inflammatory cells, and a significant decrease in goblet cells. Compared with the GDCA group, both the Olibanum and vinegar-processed Olibanum groups showed a significant recovery in body weight, a significant decrease in DAI and levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β(P<0.05, P<0.01), and the modulating effect of vinegar-processed Olibanum was significantly better than that of Olibanum. Alpha diversity showed that Chao1 index of UC mice significantly increased(P<0.01) and Shannon index decreased significantly(P<0.05) in UC mice after GDCA intervention. Beta diversity showed that the microbial community structure of the 5 groups had significant changes, Olibanum and vinegar-processed Olibanum could modulate the changes in the structure of the intestinal flora in UC mice after GDCA intervention. Microbial sequencing results indicated that, compared with the normal group, the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio in the model group was significantly higher(P<0.05), and the relative abundance of 3 genera and 5 species of flora changed significantly(P<0.05, P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio in the GDCA group was significantly higher(P<0.05), the relative abundance of 7 pathogenic bacterial genera and four species was significantly increased(P<0.05, P<0.01), and the relative abundance of three beneficial bacterial genera and Bacteroides_intestinalis was significantly decreased(P<0.05, P<0.01). Olibanum group and vinegar-processed Olibanum group could modulate the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, the relative abundance of pathogenic bacteria and beneficial bacteria, and the vinegar-processed Olibanum group was significantly superior to Olibanum group in terms of modulating the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, the relative abundance of the three genera and five species of bacteria(P<0.01, P<0.05). Correlation analysis showed that the relative abundance of Bacteroides_intestinalis was negatively correlated with the levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β, the relative abundance of Prevotella_sp_CAG873, Bacteroides_sp_CAG927, Bacteroidales_bacterium_52_46 and Bacteroidales_bacterium was positively correlated with TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β levels. ConclusionGDCA can exacerbate UC colonic inflammation, and Olibanum and vinegar-processed Olibanum have an ameliorative effect on GDCA-mediated UC, with the vinegar-processed Olibanum showing a stronger ameliorative effect, the mechanism may be related to the regulation the abundance and structure of intestinal beneficial and pathogenic bacteria, and the reduction of inflammatory factor levels.
9.Recombinant porcine interferon-gamma expressed in CHO cells and its antiviral activity.
Lingyun WANG ; Rongzeng HAO ; Yang YANG ; Yajun LI ; Bingzhou LU ; Yuhan MAO ; Yue ZHANG ; Zhenli GONG ; Yanhong LIU ; Meng QI ; Yi RU ; Haixue ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2023;39(12):4784-4795
The aim of this study was to produce recombinant porcine interferon gamma (rPoIFN-γ) by Chinese hamster ovarian (CHO) cells expression system and to analyze its antiviral activity. Firstly, we constructed the recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3.1-PoIFN-γ and transfected into suspension cultured CHO cells for secretory expression of rPoIFN-γ. The rPoIFN-γ was purified by affinity chromatography and identified with SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. Subsequently, the cytotoxicity of rPoIFN-γ was analyzed by CCK-8 test, and the antiviral activity of rPoIFN-γ was evaluated using standard procedures in VSV/PK-15 (virus/cell) test system. Finally the anti-Seneca virus A (SVA) of rPoIFN-γ activity and the induction of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) and cytokines were also analyzed. The results showed that rPoIFN-γ could successfully expressed in the supernatant of CHO cells. CCK-8 assays indicated that rPoIFN-γ did not show cytotoxicity on IBRS-2 cells. The biological activity of rPoIFN-γ was 5.59×107 U/mg in VSV/PK-15 system. Moreover, rPoIFN-γ could induced the expression of ISGs and cytokines, and significantly inhibited the replication of SVA. In conclusion, the high activity of rPoIFN-γ was successfully prepared by CHO cells expression system, which showed strong antiviral activity on SVA. This study may facilitate the investigation of rPoIFN-γ function and the development of novel genetically engineered antiviral drugs.
Swine
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Cricetinae
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Interferon-gamma/pharmacology*
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Cricetulus
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CHO Cells
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Sincalide
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Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology*
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Antiviral Agents/pharmacology*
10.Bovine viral diarrhea virus Erns protein expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells and its immunogenicity analysis.
Yajun LI ; Yi RU ; Rongzeng HAO ; Xiaodong QIN ; Bingzhou LU ; Yang YANG ; Huanan LIU ; Yue ZHANG ; Zhenli GONG ; Yanhong LIU ; Sijiu YU ; Haixue ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2023;39(12):4861-4873
The aim of this study was to produce Erns protein of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) by using suspensively cultured CHO cells expression system and to analyze the immunogenicity of the purified Erns protein. In this study, the recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3.1-BVDV-Erns was constructed based on the gene sequence of BVDV-1 NADL strain. The Erns protein was secreted and expressed in cells supernatant after transfecting the recombinant expression plasmid pcDNA3.1-BVDV-Erns into CHO cells. The expression and purification of the Erns protein was analyzed by SDS-PAGE, the reactivity was determined with anti-His monoclonal antibodies and BVDV positive serum with Western blotting. Immunogenicity analysis of the Erns protein was determined after immunizing New Zealand white rabbits, and the serum antibodies were tested by indirect ELISA (iELISA) and indirect immunofluorescence (IFA). The serum neutralizing titer of the immunized rabbits was determined by virus neutralization test. The concentration of the purified Erns protein was up to 0.886 mg/mL by BCA protein quantification kit. The results showed that the Erns protein could be detected with anti-His monoclonal antibodies and anti-BVDV sera. Serum antibodies could be detected by iELISA on the 7th day post-prime immunization, and the antibody level was maintained at a high titer until the 28th day post-immunization. The antibody titer was 1:128 000. Furthermore, the expression of the Erns protein in BVDV-infected MDBK cells could be detected with immunized rabbits sera by IFA. Moreover, antigen-specific neutralizing antibodies of 2.71 log10 was induced in rabbits. In this study, purified BVDV Erns protein was successfully produced using CHO suspension culture system, and the recombinant protein was proved to have a good immunogenicity, which may facilitate the development of BVD diagnosis method and novel subunit vaccine.
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Cricetinae
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Cricetulus
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CHO Cells
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Antibodies, Viral
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Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral/genetics*
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Antibodies, Monoclonal/genetics*
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Diarrhea
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Viral Vaccines/genetics*


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