神经纤毛蛋白1基因RNA干扰质粒对胃腺癌细胞SGC7901增殖和凋亡的影响

目的探讨神经纤毛蛋白1(Neuropilin1,NRP1)基因RNA干扰质粒对胃腺癌细胞SGC7901增殖和凋亡的影响。方法构建NRP1基因特异性shRNA表达质粒,经脂质体介导转染入人胃腺癌SGC7901细胞。采用Western blot法检测细胞中NRP1蛋白的表达水平,应用流式细胞术和Annexin-V-FITC/PI法检测细胞的增殖水平和凋亡率。结果经酶切及测序鉴定证明,shRNA-NRP1质粒构建正确,转染SGC7901细胞48h后,能有效抑制NRP1蛋白的表达,G0/G1期细胞百分比显著升高,S期细胞显著减少,细胞凋亡率增加。结论 shRNA-NRP1质粒能有效抑制胃腺癌SGC7901细胞株NRP1蛋白的表达,细胞周期阻滞在G0/G1期,从而降低细胞的增殖水平,诱导细胞进入凋亡期。     

细胞凋亡过程中细胞骨架改变的激光共聚焦显微镜观察

目的：了解细胞凋亡过程中细胞骨架的形态学改变。方法：应用高浓度全反式维甲酸诱导卵巢癌细胞凋亡,激光共聚焦显微镜观察经荧光染色的细胞微管蛋白的形态学变化。结果：凋亡早期,微管蛋白在荧光相由正常按一定方向分布的丝网状结构变成杂乱分布的网状结构,晚期呈细颗粒状分布,荧光强度随凋亡发展而逐渐变弱。讨论：在凋亡过程中,细胞骨架随凋亡发展出现相应的形态学改变,凋亡早期,细胞骨架在分布上出现变化,伴随细胞形态出现变化,凋亡晚期,细胞骨架蛋白发生降解,此时的细胞形态改变是不可逆的。     

Cell‐Selective,Apoptosis‐inducing Rhodium(III) Crown Thiaether Complexes

Half‐sandwich rhodium(III) polypyridyl (pp) complexes with the metal atom capped by the facial crown thiaether 1,4,7‐trithiacyclononane [9]aneS₃ represent a promising class of apoptosis‐inducing potent cytostatic agents. The necrotic damage caused by the complexes is negligible. In vitro cytotoxicity assays with the human cancer cell lines MCF‐7 and HT‐29 and immortalized HEK‐293 cells indicate that the dicationic κ²N(imino) complexes [([9]aneS₃)RhCl(pp)]²⁺ are much more active than monocationic complexes [([9]aneS₃)RhCl₂(L)]⁺ (L=imidazole, CH₃CN). Whereas the κ²N(amino) complex [([9]aneS₃)RhCl(piperazine)]²⁺ is inactive, replacing piperazine with the structurally analogous κ²S (thiaether) ligand 1,4‐dithiane restores cytotoxicity as evidenced by IC₅₀ values in the range 8.1‐11.6 μM . Spectroscopic (CD, UV/Vis, NOESY) and viscosity measurements indicate that the active dppz complex 8 (IC₅₀ values: 4.7–8.9 μM ) exhibits strong intercalative binding towards DNA whereas the even more potent bipyrimidine complex 9 (IC₅₀ values: 0.6–1.9 μM ) causes no alteration of the duplex B conformation. Weaker intercalative binding is observed for the dpq complex 7 . A comparative annexin V–propidium iodide binding assay with lymphoma (BJAB) cells and healthy leukocytes demonstrates that the cytotoxic activity of complex 8 and particularly complex 9 is highly selective towards the malignant cells.     

Design and Synthesis of Xanthone Analogues Conjugated with Aza-aromatic Substituents as Promising G-Quadruplex Stabilizing Ligands and their Selective Cancer Cell Cytotoxic Action

We have examined the stabilization of higher-order noncanonical G-quadruplex (G4) DNA structures formed by the G-rich sequences in the promoter region of oncogenes such as c-MYC, c-KIT, VEGF and BCl2 by newly synthesized, novel nitrogen-containing aromatics conjugated to xanthone moiety. Compounds with N-heterocyclic substituents such as pyridine (XNiso), benzimidazole (XBIm), quinoxaline (XQX) and fluorophore dansyl (XDan) showed greater effectiveness in stabilizing the G4 DNA as well as selective cytotoxicity for cancer cells (mainly A549) over normal cells both in terms of UV-Vis spectral titrations and cytotoxicity assay. Both fluorescence spectral titrimetric measurements and circular dichroism (CD) melting experiments further substantiated the G4 stabilization phenomenon by these small-molecular ligands. In addition, these compounds could induce the formation of parallel G4 structures in the absence of any added salt condition in Tris ⋅ HCl buffer at 25 °C. In a polymerase stop assay, the formation of stable G4 structures in the promoter of oncogenes and halting of DNA synthesis in the presence of the above-mentioned compounds was demonstrated by using oncogene promoter as the DNA synthesis template. Apoptosis-mediated cell death of the cancer cells was proved by Annexin V-PI dual staining assay and cell-cycle arrest occurred in the S phase of the cell cycles. The plausible mode of binding involves the stacking of the xanthone core on the G4 DNA plane with the possibility of interaction with the 5’-overhang as indicated by molecular dynamics simulation studies.     

Selenomethionine increases proliferation and reduces apoptosis in bovine mammary epithelial cells under oxidative stress

The decline in mammary epithelial cell number as lactation progresses may be due, in part, to oxidative stress. Selenium is an integral component of several antioxidant enzymes. The present study was conducted to examine the effect of oxidative stress and selenomethionine (SeMet) on morphology, viability, apoptosis, and proliferation of bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMEC) in primary culture. Cells were isolated from mammary glands of lactating dairy cows and grown for 3 d in a low-serum gel system containing lactogenic hormones and 0 or 100 μM H₂O₂ with 0, 10, 20, or 50 nM SeMet. Hydrogen peroxide stress increased intracellular H₂O₂ to 3 times control concentrations and induced a loss of cuboidal morphology, cell-cell contact, and viability of BMEC by 25%. Apoptotic cell number more than doubled during oxidative stress, but proliferating cell number was not affected. Supplementation with SeMet increased glutathione peroxidase activity 2-fold and restored intracellular H₂O₂ to control levels with a concomitant return of morphology and viability to normal. Apoptotic BMEC number was decreased 76% below control levels by SeMet and proliferating cell number was increased 4.2-fold. These findings suggest that SeMet modulated apoptosis and proliferation independently of a selenoprotein-mediated reduction of H₂O₂. In conclusion, SeMet supplementation protects BMEC from H₂O₂-induced apoptosis and increased proliferation and cell viability under conditions of oxidative stress.     

宁乡式铁矿成因新解——后生热液成因的地质与地球化学证据

宁乡式铁矿床广泛分布于华南及四川盆地等地区,矿体呈层状产于浅海相细碎屑岩—碳酸盐岩中,局部形态复杂,常见穿切关系及以鲕状赤铁矿为胶结物的角砾状矿石,围岩蚀变弱。矿床及矿石未遭受明显的后期热变质影响。矿石矿物为鲕状赤铁矿,大部分矿床中还共生有磁铁矿、菱铁矿,少量黄铁矿,脉石矿物主要是白云石、方解石。石英砂粒表面遭受溶蚀而不平。矿石中常见完整的化石与鲕粒共存,部分化石被镜铁矿、磁铁矿交代,细粒白云石作为胶结物。矿石碳酸盐的δ13C为-2.8‰^-4‰,δ18O为18.7‰~20.7‰,87Sr/86Sr为0.7132~0.7176,不同于正常沉积的海相碳酸盐岩,而与密西西比河谷型(MVT)铅锌矿床相似,且自近矿围岩→赤铁矿矿石→磁铁矿矿石→菱铁矿矿石,δ13C、δ18O降低,86Sr/87Sr升高。地质地球化学特征均显示,宁乡式铁矿可能并非简单的浅海相正常沉积矿床,而更可能是后生的,成矿作用可能与盆地卤水作用有关,沿特定层位交代成矿。     

Mechanisms of Cell Killing Response from Low Linear Energy Transfer (LET) Radiation Originating from 177Lu Radioimmunotherapy Targeting Disseminated Intraperitoneal Tumor Xenografts

Radiolabeled antibodies (mAbs) provide efficient tools for cancer therapy. The combination of low energy β⁻-emissions (500 keV_max; 130 keV_ave) along with a γ-emission for imaging makes ¹⁷⁷Lu (T_1/2 = 6.7 day) a suitable radionuclide for radioimmunotherapy (RIT) of tumor burdens possibly too large to treat with α-particle radiation. RIT with ¹⁷⁷Lu-trastuzumab has proven to be effective for treatment of disseminated HER2 positive peritoneal disease in a pre-clinical model. To elucidate mechanisms originating from this RIT therapy at the molecular level, tumor bearing mice (LS-174T intraperitoneal xenografts) were treated with ¹⁷⁷Lu-trastuzumab comparatively to animals treated with a non-specific control, ¹⁷⁷Lu-HuIgG, and then to prior published results obtained using ²¹²Pb-trastuzumab, an α-particle RIT agent. ¹⁷⁷Lu-trastuzumab induced cell death via DNA double strand breaks (DSB), caspase-3 apoptosis, and interfered with DNA-PK expression, which is associated with the repair of DNA non-homologous end joining damage. This contrasts to prior results, wherein ²¹²Pb-trastuzumab was found to down-regulate RAD51, which is involved with homologous recombination DNA damage repair. ¹⁷⁷Lu-trastuzumab therapy was associated with significant chromosomal disruption and up-regulation of genes in the apoptotic process. These results suggest an inhibition of the repair mechanism specific to the type of radiation damage being inflicted by either high or low linear energy transfer radiation. Understanding the mechanisms of action of β⁻- and α-particle RIT comparatively through an in vivo tumor environment offers real information suitable to enhance combination therapy regimens involving α- and β⁻-particle RIT for the management of intraperitoneal disease.     

Providencia alcalifaciens causes barrier dysfunction and apoptosis in tissue cell culture: potent role of lipopolysaccharides on diarrheagenicity

Providencia alcalifaciens is a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family that occasionally causes diarrheagenic illness in humans via the intake of contaminated foods. Despite the epidemiological importance of P. alcalifaciens, little is known about its pathobiology. Here we report that P. alcalifaciens causes barrier dysfunction in Caco-2 cell monolayers and induces apoptosis in calf pulmonary artery endothelial cells. P. alcalifaciens infection caused a 30% reduction in transepithelial resistance in Caco-2 cell monolayers, which was greater than that for cells infected with Shigella flexneri or non-pathogenic Escherichia coli. As with viable bacteria, bacterial lysates treated with heat, benzonase or proteinase, but not with polymixin B, were also involved in the cellular response. TLR4 antibody neutralisation significantly restored the P. alcalifaciens-induced transepithelial resistance reduction in Caco-2 cells, suggesting that lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) might play a central role in this cellular response. Western blotting further indicated that P. alcalifaciens LPSs reduced occludin levels, whereas LPSs from Shigella or E. coli did not. Although the viability of Caco-2 cells was not altered significantly, the calf pulmonary artery endothelial cell line was highly sensitive to P. alcalifaciens infection. This sensitivity was indeed dependent on LPS, which induced rapid apoptosis. Together, these data show that P. alcalifaciens LPSs participate in epithelial barrier dysfunction and endothelial apoptosis. The findings give insight into the LPS-dependent cell signal events affecting diarrheagenicity during infection with P. alcalifaciens.     

ALA光动力学治疗对C6胶质瘤细胞凋亡的影响

目的:通过细胞学水平研究不同剂量ALA光动力学治疗对C6胶质瘤细胞细胞凋亡的影响。方法:以不同剂量的ALA(10μg/ml、20μg/ml、40μg/ml、80μg/ml、160μg/ml)与C6胶质瘤细胞一起培养,随后以630nm半导体激光200mW/cm2,照射肿瘤细胞,照射20分钟,及与不用光敏剂单照激光、单用光敏剂不照光、不用光敏剂不照激光空白对照组比较。以流式细胞仪及倒置微镜、电镜观察促使肿瘤细胞凋亡或死亡的差别,寻找促使肿瘤细胞凋亡或死亡的最小合适剂量。结果:对照组没有细胞凋亡,ALA-PDT组随着剂量的增加细胞凋亡数增加。尤其晚期凋亡数明显增加,用药剂量增加至40μg/cc才能达到活细胞少于50%,即使剂量增加到160μg/cc,还是有19.7423的活细胞存在。结论:单纯用ALA激光PDT治疗不能达到完全将肿瘤细胞杀灭,ALA40mg/kg激光光动力学治疗才能得到明显的治疗效果。