1.Sericin ameliorates epithelial -mesenchymal transition of podocytes induced by high glucose
Ting Ge ; Shuo Shi ; Yuxuan Song ; Hongjiao Ruan ; Zhihong Chen ; Chengjun Song
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2022;57(12):1915-1921
		                        		
		                        			Objective    :
		                        			To explore the effect of sericin on podocyte epithelial-mesenchymal transition induced by high glucose.
		                        		
		                        			Methods     :
		                        			Conditional immortalized mouse podocytes were used as the research object to construct  podocyte injury model by high glucose stimulation.The podocytes were divided into normal  (NG) group ,hyperton- ic control  (MG)  group ,high  glucose  injury ( HG)  group ,low ,medium  and  high dose sericin ( LS ,MS ,HS)  group.CCK-8 method was used to determine the viability of podocytes in each group ; the morphological structure of podocytes in each group was observed by ordinary optical inverted microscope.The migration ability was detected  by Transwell and cell scratch test.Western blot was used to detect the expression levels of EMT-related mesenchy- mal phenotype factors Snai1,α-SMA,FSP-1,MMP-9 and epithelial phenotype factors Nephrin,E-cadherin,and  WT-1 in podocytes of each group. 
		                        		
		                        			Results    :
		                        			Compared  with  NG  group,HG  group  showed lower podocyte activity  (P<0. 01) ,worse podocyte status and enhanced podocyte migration ability,up-regulated Snai1,α-SMA,FSP-1  and MMP-9 protein expressions  (P <0. 01) ,and  down-regulated  Nephrin,E-cadherin and WT-1  protein expres- sions  (P<0. 01) .Compared with HG group,the viability of podocytes in sericin group increased  (P<0. 05) ,the  state of podocytes was  improved ,the  migration  ability  of  podocytes  was weakened ,the  expression  of  Snai1 ,α - SMA,FSP-1 and MMP-9 was down-regulated  (P<0. 05) ,and the  expression  of Nephrin,E-cadherin and WT-1  was up-regulated  (P <0. 05 ) .
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion     
		                        			Sericin  can  alleviate  podocyte  epithelial-mesenchymal  transition  in- duced by high glucose.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
2.Effect of NUP88 gene on proliferation and invasion biological behavior of breast cancer cell line BT-20
Mingli GUAN ; Ren ZHOU ; Huajuan RUAN ; Wenyun ZHANG ; Xiaomin HU ; Hongjiao ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2017;33(9):1326-1330,1335
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To observe the effect of low-expression or over-expression of NUP88 gene on the proliferation and invasion ability of breast cancer cell line BT-20.Methods: NUP88 recombinant adenovirus expression vector and NUP88 RNAi adenovirus vector were transfected into breast cancer BT-20 cells to obtain BT-20 cells over-expressing NUP88 and BT-20 cells lower-expressing NUP88 and then detected the expression of NUP88 mRNA and NUP88 protein.After that,the apoptosis of BT-20 cells was detected by flow cytometry and the invasion and metastasis of BT-20 cells were detected by Transwell invasion assay.The expression of apoptosis protein and invasion and metastasis proteins were detected by Western blot.Results: BT-20 cell with the over expression levels of NUP88 mRNA and NUP88 protein and BT-20 cell with the low expression levels of NUP88 mRNA and NUP88 protein were structured.The over-expression of NUP88 gene led to proliferation rate and the number of invasive cells were significantly higher than BT-20 cells,apoptosis cells were significantly lower than BT-20 cells(P<0.05).However,the low-expression of NUP88 gene led to proliferation rate and the number of invasive cells were significantly lower than BT-20 cells,apoptosis cells was significantly higher than BT-20 cells(P<0.05).The over-expression of NUP88 gene led to Bcl-2 and β-catenin level were significantly higher than that of BT-20 cells,and Bax and E-cadherin level were significantly lower than that of BT-20 cells(P<0.05).However,the low-expression of NUP88 gene led to Bcl-2 and β-catenin level were significantly lower than that of BT-20 cells,and Bax and E-cadherin level were significantly higher than that of BT-20 cells(P<0.05).Conclusion: NUP88 gene regulates the proliferation and invasion and migration ability of breast cancer cells by regulating the expression of Bax,Bcl-2,E-cadherin and β-catenin.It has an important significance in the target treatment of breast cancer.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            

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