Proteomic study on protective mechanism of ischemic preconditioning to ischemia-reperfusion lung injury

Objective To investigate the change of protein expression of lung tissue of rabbit after ischemic preconditioning (IP) and try to elucidate the potential protective mechanism of IP. Methods 12 domestic rabbits were randomly divided into group IP and group control (6 rabbits in each group). All the left lungs were afflicted by ische mia-reperfusion injury except that those in group IP were subject to IP prior to ischemic phase. 2-DE was employed to separate the total protein of the lung tissue. PDQuest analysis software was used to distinguish the differently expressed protein spot. MALDI-TOF-MS and Mascot database searching were exploited to identify these proteins. Results 1) IP attenuated the ischemia-reperfusion lung injury. 2) The proteomic analysis showed 35 target proteins, of which 17 were characterized such as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI3k) delta catalytic subunit. Conclusions 1) Proteomic is a promising tool to investigate the IP and ischemia-reperfusion lung injury. 2) That IP inhibits inflammatory cascades through phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signal transduction pathway may be one of its protective mechanism. Foundation item: Project(2004036433) supported by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China; project(B2004024) supported by the Science Foundation of Public Health Bureau of Hunan Province     

The influence of nano-apatite on c -myc and p 53 gene in the hepatocellular carcinoma

The influence mechanism of the nano-apatite on the human hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro was investigated. Using the homogeneous precipitation method, the nano-apatite was synthesized at room temperature, and it was characterized with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the Zataplus. The influence on the expression of the c-myc and p53 gene in the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines were tested with the TEM and hybridization in situ. The TEM and the Zataplus analyses show that the nano-apatite is distributed homogenously in size and needle-shaped sizes, which ranges from 67.5 nm to 88.3 nm. It is found that the nanoapatitet increases the volume of the human hepatocellular carcinoma cells, makes extensive cytoplasmic vacuolization, the mitochondria swelling, chromatin, in nucleus dispersed partially and condensed around the nuclear membranes. The interspace in nuclear membranes were separated and even the cytoplasm dissolved. It is also found that the expression of the c-myc gene is inhibited, but the p53 is enhanced. The experimental results demonstrate that the nano-apatite enables the oncosis of the human hepatocellular carcinoma cells by down-regulation of the expression of the c-myc and up-regulation of the expression of the p53 in vitro. Funded by the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing (Wuhan University of Technology, WUT2004Z02), and the Science and Technology Brain-storm Key Project of Hubei Province (2002AA105A)     

Role of VEGF-A/C and CCR-7 in the enhanced metastasis of A549 cells induced by 2 and 4 Gy X-rays in vitro and in vivo

Radiotherapy is a common strategy in treating lung cancer.Accumulating evidence suggested that radiotherapy has the potential to promote the metastasis and invasion of carcinoma cells.In this study,we aimed to testify the role of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)and C-C chemokine receptor-7(CCR-7)in the metastasis of human adenocarcinoma A549 cells in vivo and in vitro.Nude mice were injected with A549 cells irradiated by 0,2 and 4 Gy X-rays,respectively.Quantitative detections of VEGF-A/C and CCR-7 mRNA from lung sample were performed by real-time RT-PCR.Small interfering RNA(siRNA)transfection technology was further used to testify the role of the genes in the metastasis of A549 cells.VEGF and CCR-7mRNA could only be detected 10 weeks post injection in vivo when visible tumor foci scattered in lung.In addition,VEGF-A/C mRNA expressed significantly higher in mice injected with A549 cells irradiated by 2 and 4 X-rays than those with 0 Gy X-rays irradiation.On the other hand,A549 cells with or without X-rays irradiation transfected with VEGF siRAN and CCR-7 siRNA showed a dramatic decrease of invasiveness compared to normal A549 cells with or without irradiation.The migration indexes were?0.7,?0.48,?0.34 and?0.32 for A549 cells with CCR-7 siRNA,VEGF siRNA,X-rays combined CCR-7 siRNA and X-rays combined VEGF-siRNA respectively.These results demonstrated that X-rays could promote the metastasis of A549 cells,and VEGF-A/C and CCR-7 mRNA were closely related to the metastasis of A549 cells in vivo and in vitro.     

聚酰基硫脲基因输送体系的构建与评价

基于新型树枝状大分子聚酰基硫脲(PATU),通过巯基-烯Michael加成反应得到表面N, N-二甲基半胱胺修饰的聚酰基硫脲(PATU-DMCA). 核磁结果表明：PATU-DMCA树枝状结构正确且完整. 琼脂糖凝胶电泳及动态光散射粒径测定结果表明：PATU-DMCA在低代数、低氮磷摩尔比条件下可以有效包载DNA,形成粒径为60~100 nm、Zeta电位为10~20 mV的纳米复合物. 在人宫颈癌细胞HeLa和人肺癌细胞A549上,低氮磷摩尔比的PATU-DMCA的无血清转染效率优于经典的树枝状大分子基因载体聚酰胺胺,而两者细胞毒性相当. HeLa上的亚细胞分布结果表明：纳米复合物在细胞水平的转运过程基本包括黏附细胞膜、内吞入胞、进入溶酶体,通过“质子海绵”效应从溶酶体逃逸后进入细胞质及细胞核进行转染. PATU-DMCA以及PATU本身在基因输送中均具有很大的潜力.     

Chitosan Microparticles Intended for Anti：caries DNA Vaccine Mucosal Delivery： Synthesis, Characterization and Transfection

1Introduction Streptococcusmutans(S.mutans)hasbeenstrongly implicatedasacausativeorganismofdentalcaries[1].FusingtherationaltargetsproteinsofS.mutans,wecon structedanti cariesDNAvaccine.Comparedwithtradi tionalvaccines,DNAvaccineshaveobviousadvantages.Weh…     

TGF-β1对肝癌细胞系Hep3B中干性相关基因表达的影响

有研究表明TGF-β1可以诱导诸多上皮来源的癌细胞和正常细胞发生EMT并使其功能发生改变。实验就TGF-β1对肝癌细胞系Hep3B的作用展开研究:通过CCK8检测TGF-β1对Hep3B细胞增殖的影响,RT-PCR实验检测TGF-β1处理后细胞中EMT及干性相关基因的表达变化。结果表明:TGF-β1对Hep3B细胞的增殖无抑制作用;TGF-β1处理Hep3B细胞6d后EMT相关基因的mRNA表达水平并无显著改变,但TGF-β1可上调Hep3B细胞干性基因Oct-4,Klf-4,Nanog,C-myc的表达,并下调分化基因albumin的表达。结果提示TGF-β1一定程度上影响肝癌细胞系的干性基因表达,但并不一定是以发生EMT为前提的。     

TGF—β1对肝癌细胞系Hep3B中干性相关基因表达的影响

有研究表明TGF-β1可以诱导诸多上皮来源的癌细胞和正常细胞发生EMT并使其功能发生改变。实验就TGF-β1对肝癌细胞系Hep3B的作用展开研究：通过CCK8检测TGF-β1对Hep3B细胞增殖的影响,RT-PCR实验检测TGF-β1处理后细胞中EMT及干性相关基因的表达变化。结果表明：TGF-β1对Hep3B细胞的增殖无抑制作用;TGF-β1处理Hep3B细胞6d后EMT相关基因的mRNA表达水平并无显著改变,但TGF-β1可上调Hep3B细胞干性基因Oct-4,Klf-4,Nanog,C-myc的表达,并下调分化基因albumin的表达。结果提示TGF-β1一定程度上影响肝癌细胞系的干性基因表达,但并不一定是以发生EMT为前提的。     

Ezrin低表达与肺鳞状细胞癌患者预后之间的关系

为了探讨癌基因Ezrin蛋白表达在肺鳞癌中的预后意义,应用免疫组化染色检测了96例肺鳞癌及其癌旁正常肺组织中Ezrin蛋白的表达,并结合临床生物学指标及生存时间进行统计学分析。结果显示:肺鳞癌、癌旁正常组织中Ezrin蛋白阳性表达率分别为41.67%和91.67%,癌组织中Ezrin蛋白阳性表达率明显低于癌旁正常组织(P<0.01),Ezrin蛋白在肺鳞癌中的阴性表达与肿瘤大小(P<0.05)、组织分化程度(P<0.05)、病理学分期(P<0.01)、是否有转移(P<0.01)密切相关,且癌组织中Ezrin蛋白的阴性率与患者5年生存率明显相关(P<0.01);Ezrin蛋白阴性表达(HR:0.292,95%CI:0.141～0.606,P=0.001)、病理学分期和转移是肺鳞癌预后不良的独立风险因素。得出结论:检测肺鳞癌组织中Ezrin蛋白的表达对其诊断及预后评估有重要价值,有望成为肺鳞癌新的生物标志物及靶向治疗的分子靶点。     

A new transient stability margin based on dynamic security region and its applications

A new transient stability margin is proposed based on a new expression of dynamic security region (DSR) which is developed from the existing expression of DSR. Applications of the DSR based transient stability margin to contingency ranking and screening are discussed. Simulations in the 10-machine 39-bus New England system are performed to show the effectiveness of the proposed DSR based transient stability margin. Supported by Chinese National Basic Research Program (Grant No. 2004CB217900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50525721, 50595411, 50707035) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 20060400518)     

癌基因DEK蛋白表达判断肺鳞状细胞癌预后的临床价值

为了探讨癌基因DEK蛋白在肺鳞癌中的表达及预后评估价值,应用免疫组化染色检测96例肺鳞癌及其癌旁正常组织中DEK蛋白的表达,结合临床生物学指标及生存时间进行统计学分析。结果发现,肺鳞癌组织中DEK蛋白阳性表达率为45.83%,明显高于癌旁正常组织（15.73%,P=0.001）,DEK蛋白在肺鳞癌中的表达与肿瘤大小（P=0.008）、组织分化程度（P=0.004）及病理学分期（P=0.011）密切相关;癌组织中DEK蛋白的阳性率与患者总生存期明显相关,且与病理分期、CEA水平和转移共同影响患者预后;DEK是肺鳞癌不良预后的独立风险因子。得出结论：检测肺鳞癌组织中DEK蛋白的表达对其预后有一定的临床评估价值,有望成为肺鳞癌新的预后生物标志物。     

Influence of CYP3A5 polymorphism on tacrolimus blood concentrations in renal transplant patients

Objective Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressive drug with narrow therapeutic range and wide interindividual variation in its pharmacokinetics. Tacrolimus is a substrate of cytochrome P450(CYP)3A5. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the A6986G polymorphism is associated with tacrolimus concentration /dose ratio. Methods Fifty-two Chinese renal transplant patients were enrolled in this study. Their body weight, dosage and concentration of tacrolimus were observed. CYP3A5 genotype was determined by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Results A significant association was found between tacrolimus levels per dose/kg/d and CYP3A5 gene A6986G polymorphism (P<0.001). The CYP3A5 * 3 * 3 patients have a significantly higher tacrolimus level/dose than CYP3A5 * 1 * 1 and CYP3A5 * 1 * 3. Conclusions CYP3A5 gene A6986G polymorphism is associated with tacrolimus pharmacokinetics and dose requirements. Pharmacogenetic methods could be employed prospectively to help the dose selection and to individualize immunosuppressive therapy according to the result. Foundation item: Project (03GZ3072) supported by the Science and Technology Department of Hunan Province; project (2004035206) supported by the China Postdoctoral Foundation and project (30300383) supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China     

Synthesis and Dielectric Properties of Ba3NaBiNb10O30 Ceramics

A new niobate Ba3 NaBiNb10O30 was synthesized by the solid state reaction. The reaction mixture was characterized by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis ( TG-DTA ), X-ray diffraction and dielectric constant measurements. The results show that Ba3NaBiNb10O30 has an orthorhombic tungsten bronze structure with space group Cmm2 and the unit cell parameters are a = 1. 7660( 1 ) mm, a = 1. 7626( 1 ) mm, c = 0.78621(6) mm, Z = 4. Ba3 NaBiNb10O30 undergoes two phase transitions at 200℃ and 400℃, respeaively.     

Synthesis and photophysical and electrochemical properties of new cyclometalated platinum complex containing oxadiazole ligand

A new cyclometalated platinum complex containing 2, 5-bis（naphthalene-1-yl）-1,3,4-oxadiazole ligand was synthesized and characterized. The UV-Vis absorptions and photoluminescent properties of the ligand and its platinum complex were investigated A characteristic metal-ligand charge transfer absorption peak at 439 nm in the UV spectrum and a strong emission peak at 625 nm in the photoluminescence spectrum were observed for this complex in dichloromethane. Cyclic voltammtry （CV） analysis shows that the EHOMO （energy level of the highest occupied molecular orbital） and ELUMO （energy level of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital） of the platinum complex are about -5.69 and -3.25 eV, respectively, indicating that the oxadiazole-based platinum complex has a potential application in electrophosphorescent devices used as a red-emitting material.     

纳米磷灰石对肝癌癌基因表达的影响

研究纳米磷灰石体外对人肝癌细胞系Bel-7402的作用机理。应用均相共沉淀法室温下合成纳米磷灰石，用透射电镜和电位粒度仪进行表征；利用透射电镜、原位杂交细胞化学检测其对人肝癌细胞系Bel-7402 c-myc和p53基因表达的影响。纳米磷灰石呈均匀分散的针状颗粒．粒径范围在67．5～88．3nm之间。可使肝癌细胞体积增大，胞质空泡化，线粒体肿胀；部分细胞核内染色质分散，凝集在核膜周围，呈团块状，核膜间隙不等，胞浆溶解。抑制c-myc和增强p53基因的表达。纳米磷灰石在体外通过下调c-myc和上调p53基因的表达，致肝癌细胞胀亡。     

Delay-independent decentralized H ∞ control for multi-channel discrete-time systems with uncertainties

A robust decentralized H∞ control problem was considered for uncertain multi-channel discrete-time systems with time-delay. The uncertainties were assumed to be time-invariant, norm-bounded, and exist in the system, the time-delay and the output matrices. Dynamic output feedback was focused on. A sufficient condition for the multi-channel uncertain discrete time-delay system to be robustly stabilizable with a specified disturbance attenuation level was derived based on the theorem of Lyapunov stability theory. By setting the Lyapunov matrix as block diagonal appropriately according to the desired order of the controller, the problem was reduced to a linear matrix inequality （LMI） which is sufficient to existence condition but much more tractable. An example was given to show the efficiency of this method.     

The Influence of Nano-apatite on c-myc and p53 Gene in the Hepatocellular Carcinoma

The influence mechanism of the nano-apatite on the human hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro was investigated. Using the homogeneous precipitation method, the nano-apatite was synthesized at room temperature, and it was characterized with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the Zataplus. The influence on the expression of the c-myc and p53 gene in the human hepatocellalar carcinoma cell lines were tested with the TEM and hybridization in situ. The TEM and the Zataplus analyses show that the nano-apatite is distributed homogenously in size and needle-shaped sizes, which ranges from 67.5 nm to 88.3 nm. It is found that the nanoapatitet increases the volume of the human hepatocellalar carcinoma cells, makes extensive cytoplasmic vacuolization, the mitochondria swelling, chromatin in nucleus dispersed partially and condensed around the nuclear membranes. The interspace in nuclear membranes were separated and even the cytoplasm dissolved. It is also found that the expression of the c-myc gene is inhibited, but the p53 /s enhanced. The experimental results demonstrate that the nano-apatite enables the oneosis of the human hepatocellular carcinoma cells by down-regulation of the expression of the c-myc and up-regulation of the expression of the p53 in vitro.     

Synthesis ofNanocrystalline RuO2（60%）-SnO2（40%） Powders by Amorphous Citrate Route

Nanometer RuO2-SnO2 was synthesized by the citrate-gel method using RuCl3, SnCl4 as cation sources, citric acid as complexing agent and anhydrous ethanol as solvent. The structures of the derived powders were characterized by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscope, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area measurement. The pure, fine and amorphous powders was obtained at 160℃. The materials calcined at above 400 ℃ were composed of rutile-type oxide phases having particle sizes of fairly narrow distribution and good thermal resistant properties. By adding SnO2 to RuO2, the Ru metallic phase can be effectively controlled under a traditional temperature of preparation for dimensional stable anode.     

Crystallization of Fe78Si6B13 Bulk Crystaline/Amorphous （c/a） Composite

A metallic crystalline/amorphous （c/a） bulk composite was prepared by the slow cooling method after remelting the amorphous Fe78Si9B13 ribbon. By X-ray diffraction （XRD）, differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） and scanning electron microscope （SEM）, the composite consists of the primary dendrite α-Ee （without Si） as well as the amorphous matrix. After being anneal at 800 K, the uniform spheroid particles are formed in the c/a composite, which does not form in the amorphous ribbon under the various annealing process. Energy dispersive analysis of X-rays （EDAX）, SEM and XRD were applied to give more detailed information. The formation and evolution of the particle may stimulate the possible application of the Fe-matrix amorphous alloy.