Cryo-thermal therapy inducing MI macrophage polarization created CXCL10 and IL-6-rich pro-inflammatory environment for CD4+ T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity

Purpose: We previously developed a novel cryo-thermal therapy to treat malignant mammary carcinoma and melanoma in a mouse model; long-term survival and CD4⁺ T cell orchestrating anti-tumor immune memory response were achieved. Moreover, cryo-thermal-induced CD4⁺ T cell differentiation into Th1 and CD4⁺CTL sub-lineages, in which M1 macrophage polarization played a direct, important role. In particular, cryo-thermal therapy triggered M1 macrophage polarization with up-regulated expression of C–X–C motif ligand 10 (CXCL10) and Interleukin 6 (IL-6). But whether CXCL10 and IL-6 contribute to CD4⁺ T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity remains unclear. In this study, the role of cryo-thermal-induced CXCL10 and IL-6 in anti-tumor immunity was determined.

Methods: The level of CXCL10 and IL-6 in spleen and serum was determined by RT-PCR and ELISA on day 14 after cryo-thermal therapy. Splenic dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages were isolated from cryo-thermal-treated mice on day 5 and 14, and the level of CXCL10 and IL-6 in macrophages and DCs was determined by ELISA. The transwell migration assay was performed to study immune cell migration. In vivo neutralization of CXCL10 or IL-6 was performed to investigate the phenotypic changes of immune cells.

Results: Cryo-thermal therapy induced M1 macrophage polarization with up-regulation of CXCL10 and IL-6 expression in spleen. CXCL10 and IL-6 promoted DCs migration and maturation, and subsequently promoted CD4⁺ T cell migration and differentiation into Th1 and CD4⁺ CTL, moreover, reduced myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) accumulation.

Conclusions: Cryo-thermal-induced CXCL10 and IL-6 created acute inflammatory environment to initiate a systemically cascading innate and adaptive anti-tumor immunity, which was more permissive for tumor eradication.     

D-半乳糖联合对氯苯丙氨酸致肾不藏志不寐大鼠下丘脑神经递质和凋亡基因的实验研究

目的:观察D-半乳糖联合对氯苯丙氨酸(PCPA)致肾不藏志不寐大鼠下丘脑神经递质和凋亡基因的变化。方法:40只SD大鼠随机分为对照组、老年组、失眠组、肾不藏志不寐组(模型组),每组10只。老年组大鼠给予D-半乳糖皮下注射,失眠组给予对PCPA腹腔注射,肾不藏志不寐组给予D-半乳糖皮下注射联合PCPA腹腔注射建立模型,对照组给予等剂量生理盐水注射。造模结束后测量各组大鼠体质量、采用水迷宫观察大鼠定位航行探索运动轨迹、采用RT-PCR法检测各组大鼠下丘脑GABAARα1、GABAARβ2、GABAARγ2、Bax、Bcl-2 mRNA的相对表达量。结果:与空白组比较,模型组体质量显著降低(P<0.01);定位航行探索运动轨迹显著延长;模型组下丘脑GABAARα1、GABAARβ2、GABAARγ2、Bcl-2mRNA相对表达量均显著性降低(P<0.05,P<0.05,P<0.01,P<0.05);下丘脑Bax mRNA相对表达量显著性增加(P<0.05)。结论:D-半乳糖联合PCPA致肾不藏志不寐大鼠下丘脑睡眠相关的神经递质和凋亡基因表达发生改变。     

miRNA调控实体肿瘤发生发展机制研究进展

microRNA（miRNA）是广泛存在于动物、植物、微生物体内，在转录后水平调控mRNA翻译和降解的内源性染色体编码的小分子RNA。研究证实miRNA对实体肿瘤细胞的发生、增殖、分化、侵袭及转移均具有重要意义。目前miRNA与肿瘤相关性的研究主要集中在检测实体肿瘤组织或体液中miRNA的表达量，明确其对于肿瘤发生、发展的意义；寻找具有临床意义的miRNA靶点，并通过调控其表达抑制肿瘤增殖与转移。miRNA检测方法的进步，也为临床检测miRNA提供了可能。本文对miRNA在实体肿瘤发生发展的作用及其调控机制、以及未来研究方向作综述。     

基于生物信息学筛选胰腺导管腺癌关键基因

目的:利用生物信息学方法分析胰腺导管腺癌（PDAC）基因表达谱芯片并筛选关键基因。方法:从公共数据库基因表达数据库（GEO）中下载PDAC基因表达谱芯片GSE28735、GSE15471、GSE101448,共纳入108例PDAC样本和97例癌旁组织样本。应用R语言limma包和impute包筛选差异表达基因。利用DAVID数据库和在线分析工具Kobas分别对差异基因进行GO功能富集分析和KEGG通路富集分析。利用STRING数据库和Cytoscape软件构建差异蛋白互作网络并进一步筛选关键基因。结果:3个基因表达谱芯片共有161个差异表达基因（|log2 fold-change(FC)|>2，P<0.05），包括54个上调基因，107个下调基因。GO功能富集分析显示差异基因与extracellular exosome、extracellular space、extracellular matrix organization密切相关。KEGG通路分析显示差异基因主要富集在protein digestion and absorption、ECM-receptor interaction和focal adhesion等通路。蛋白质相互作用网络图中显示节点最多的10个枢纽基因分别是ALB、COL11A1、COL3A1、FN1、EGF、COL1A1、MMP9、COL5A2、ITGA2、COL6A3。结论:筛选所得的10个关键基因可能在PDAC发生发展中发挥重要作用，有望成为PDAC诊断及治疗的生物学靶标，为进一步研究PDAC发生发展的分子机制提供了理论依据。     

Developing a Brief Neuropsychological Battery for Early Diagnosis of Cognitive Impairment

ObjectivesEarly diagnosis of cognitive impairment is increasingly emphasized in the literature to facilitate timely preventive interventions. Although bedside cognitive tests such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) are widely used for such early diagnostic purposes, they may not have comparable performance to a full neuropsychological battery (FNB) in diagnosing early cognitive impairment. This study investigated whether a small subset of neuropsychological tests can be added on to MoCA to match its performance to that of the FNB in discriminating mild cognitive impairment and dementia (MCI/dementia) from normal cognition.DesignCross-sectional diagnostic study.SettingAlzheimer's Disease Centers across the United States.ParticipantsOlder participants (≥50 years) who completed MoCA and the FNB (N = 9187).MeasuresThe study sample was split into two: the derivation sample (n = 1837) was used to develop a brief neuropsychological battery that best discriminated MCI/dementia (using the best-subset approach with 10-fold cross-validation); while the validation sample (n = 7350) verified its actual performance in discriminating MCI/dementia.ResultsA 3-item neuropsychological battery was identified, comprising MoCA, Benson Complex Figure Recall, and Craft Story 21 Delayed Recall. It had excellent performance in discriminating MCI/dementia from normal cognition (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUROC] 90.0%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 89.2%-90.7%), which was comparable to that of the FNB (AUROC 88.4%, 95% CI 87.6%-89.2%). By contrast, MoCA alone had significantly worse AUROC (86.9%, 95% CI 86.0%-87.7%) than that of the FNB.Conclusions/ImplicationsUsing rigorous methods, this study developed a brief neuropsychological battery that maintained the brevity of a bedside cognitive test, while rivaling the diagnostic performance of an FNB in early cognitive impairment. This brief battery offers a viable alternative when the FNB is needed but cannot be feasibly administered in nonspecialty clinics. It can have a wider health systems effect of improving patients’ access to accurate diagnosis in early cognitive impairment and facilitating timely interventions to delay the progression of cognitive impairment.     

High throughput sequencing reveals high specificity of TNFAIP3 mutations in ocular adnexal marginal zone B-cell lymphomas

The majority of ocular adnexal (OA) lymphomas (OAL) are extranodal marginal zone lymphomas (MZL). First high throughput sequencing (HTS) studies on OA-MZL showed inconsistent results and the distribution of mutations in reactive lymphoid lesions of this anatomic region has not yet been sufficiently addressed. We characterized OAL and lymphoid lesions of the OA by targeted HTS. The study included 34 OA-MZL, 11 chronic conjunctivitis, five mature small cell B-cell lymphomas spreading to the OA, five diseases with increase of IgG4+ plasma cells, three Burkitt lymphomas (BL), three diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL), three mantle cell lymphomas, three idiopathic orbital inflammations/orbital pseudo tumors (PT), and three OA lymphoid hyperplasia. All cases were negative for Chlamydia. The mutational number was highest in BL and lowest in PT. The most commonly (and exclusively) mutated gene in OA-MZL was TNFAIP3 (10 of 34 cases). Altogether, 20 out of 34 patients harbored mutually exclusive mutations of either TNFAIP3, BCL10, MYD88, ATM, BRAF, or NFKBIE, or nonexclusive mutations of IRF8, TNFRSF14, KLHL6, and TBL1XR1, all encoding for NK-κB pathway compounds or regulators. Thirteen patients (38%) had, to a great part, mutually exclusive mutations of chromatin modifier-encoding genes: KMT2D, CREBBP, BCL7A, DNMT3A, EP300, or HIST1H1E. Only four patients harbored co-occurring mutations of genes encoding for NK-κB compounds and chromatin modifiers. Finally, PTEN, KMT2D, PRDM1, and HIST1H2BK mutations were observable in reactive lymphoid lesions too, while such instances were devoid of NF-κB compound mutations and/or mutations of acetyltransferase-encoding genes. In conclusion, 80% of OA-MZL display mutations of either NK-κB compounds or chromatin modifiers. Lymphoid lesions of the OA bearing NF-κB compound mutations and/or mutations of acetyltransferase-encoding genes highly likely represent lymphomas.     

下调REV7基因对于人结肠癌HCT116细胞放射敏感性影响及机制研究

目的 研究下调REV7基因表达对人结肠癌HCT116细胞放射敏感性影响及其机制。方法 对HCT116细胞进行培养并运用RNA干扰技术实现REV7基因下调,将细胞分为空白组、转染阴性RNA oligo片段阴性对照组、转染REV7 RNA oligo的REV7基因下调组。克隆形成实验反映细胞增殖水平,蛋白印迹法检测相关基因表达水平、细胞凋亡发生水平和非同源末端连接途径发生水平。结果 6Gy照后REV7 siRNA组细胞克隆形成率降低(P<0.05)。REV7 siRNA组REV7基因下调效率>60%。REV7 siRNA组γH2AX、Caspase9表达升高(P<0.05),Ku80、XRCC4表达降低(P<0.05)。结论 下调REV7基因能提高HCT116细胞放射敏感性,其机制可能与下调REV7后非同源末端连接的发生被削弱有关。