miR-155 increases stemness and decitabine resistance in triple-negative breast cancer cells by inhibiting TSPAN5

Effective therapeutic targets for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a special type of breast cancer (BC) with rapid metastasis and poor prognosis, are lacking, especially for patients with chemotherapy resistance. Decitabine (DCA) is a Food and Drug Administration-approved DNA methyltransferase inhibitor that has been proven effective for the treatment of tumors. However, its antitumor effect in cancer cells is limited by multidrug resistance. Cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are thought to act as seeds during tumor formation, regulate tumorigenesis, metastasis, and drug resistance through complex signaling. Our previous study found that miR-155 is upregulated in BC, but whether and how miR-155 regulates DCA resistance is unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that miR-155 was upregulated in CD24⁻CD44⁺ BC stem cells (BCSCs). In addition, the overexpression of miR-155 increased the number of CD24⁻CD44⁺ CSCs, DCA resistance and tumor clone formation in MDA-231 and BT-549 BC cells, and knockdown of miR-155 inhibited DCA resistance and stemness in BCSCs in vitro. Moreover, miR-155 induced stemness and DCA resistance by inhibiting the direct target gene tetraspanin-5 (TSPAN5). We further confirmed that overexpression of TSPAN5 abrogated the effect of miR-155 in promoting stemness and DCA resistance in BC cells. Our data show that miR-155 increases stemness and DCA resistance in BC cells by targeting TSPAN5. These data provide a therapeutic strategy and mechanistic basis for future possible clinical applications targeting the miR-155/TSPAN5 signaling axis in the treatment of TNBC.     

Ferroptosis Markers Predict the Survival,Immune Infiltration,and Ibrutinib Resistance of Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma

Inflammation - Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common hematological malignancy in adults. Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent programmed cell death caused by lipid peroxidation....     

High expression of human augmenter of liver regeneration in E. coli

Heat-stable hepatocyte stimulatory activity has been described in the liver of weanling rats and pigs. This growth factor is called hepatocyte stimulator substance (HSS)[1]. Hagiya et al[2]reported the complete amino acid sequence of a 30KDa band from their purified product of rat liver and the cloning and sequence analysis of its cDNA. They called it augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR). Our previous study[3]demonstrated that human ALR had been cloned and sequenced. To further study the bioactivity of human ALR (hALR), we constructed a highly expressed vector pBV-hALR in E. coli and about 20% of somatic protein of rhALR was expressed.     

利用脉搏波传播时间计算动脉血压的研究

本研究的目的是研究动脉血压和脉搏波传播时间的关系,探讨通过脉搏波传播时间计算动脉血压的可靠性。采用麻省理工学院MIMIC数据库,通过心电和光电容积脉搏波计算得到脉搏波传播时间,通过有创动脉血压获得平均动脉压,使用线性回归方法分段求得脉搏波传播时间和平均动脉压之间的线性方程,应用该方程结合脉搏波传播时间计算动脉血压,并与实际血压比较评价算法的效果。结果表明,脉搏波传播时间和动脉血压存在负相关关系,在一定时间范围内,可通过脉搏波传播时间计算平均动脉压,均方根误差小于5 mmHg。对临床采集数据的分析同样说明,通过脉搏波传播时间计算动脉血压是可行的。     

补肾方药对老年大鼠血清皮质酮含量、LTP及空间学习记忆能力的影响

目的 观察补肾方药(左归丸、右归丸)对老年大鼠血清皮质酮水平、海马长时程增强(LTP)及空间学习记忆能力的影响.方法 以自然衰老(24月龄)SD雄性大鼠为动物模型,随机分为老年对照组、老年皮质酮(GC)拮抗组、老年左归组和老年右归组,另设青年对照组.采用ELISA法检测大鼠血清皮质酮含量,Morris水迷宫法观察各组大鼠空间学习记忆能力,电生理方法记录在体大鼠LTP变化;同时观察补肾方药对上述指标异常变化的改善作用.结果 与青年对照组相比,老年对照组大鼠的血清皮质酮含量明显升高(P＜0.05),空间学习记忆能力显著下降,海马CA1区LTP明显受到抑制(P＜0.05);补肾方药左归丸、右归丸能不同程度地改善上述指标的异常变化.结论 补肾方药左归丸、右归丸改善老年大鼠空间学习记忆能力的机制之一可能与拮抗高皮质酮对老年大鼠空间学习记忆的损伤有关,其余相关分子机制有待进一步研究.     

白细胞介素8－251A/T单核苷酸多态性及其血浆水平与冠心病易感性的关系

目的研究白细胞介素8-251A/T单核苷酸多态性及其血浆水平与冠心病易感性的关系。方法应用聚合酶链反应限制片长多态性检测冠心病组与对照组白细胞介素8-251A/T单核苷酸多态性,酶联免疫吸附法测定白细胞介素8血浆水平。结果白细胞介素8血浆水平在冠心病组显著高于对照组(P<0.05),-251A/T基因型频率、等位基因A和T频率在两组间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。但是与其他冠心病患者相比,急性冠状动脉综合征患者AA基因型明显减少(OR=0.43,95%CI为0.2～0.97,P<0.05)。结论白细胞介素8血浆水平与冠状动脉粥样硬化病变有相关性。-251A/T位点单核苷酸多态性与冠心病无相关性,但可影响冠心病的临床表现。AA基因型或许能降低急性冠状动脉综合征的发病风险。     

Human β-NGF gene transferred to cat corneal endothelial cells

AIM: To transfect the cat corneal endothelial cells (CECs) with recombinant human β-nerve growth factor gene adeno-associated virus (AAV-β-NGF) and to observe the effect of the expressed β-NGF protein on the proliferation activity of cat CECs. METHODS: The endothelium of cat cornea was torn under the microscope and rapidly cultivated in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle''s medium (DMEM) to form single layer CECs and the passage 2 endothelial cells were used in this experiment. The recombinant human AAV-β-NGF was constructed. The recombinant human AAV-β-NGF was transferred into cat CECs directly. Three groups were as following: normal CEC control group, CEC-AAV control group and recombinant CEC-AAV-β-NGF group. Forty-eight hours after transfection, the total RNA was extracted from the CEC by Trizol. The expression of the β-NGF target gene detected by fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction; proliferation activity of the transfected CEC detected at 48h by MTT assay; the percentage of G1 cells among CECs after transfect was detected by flow cytometry method (FCM); cell morphology was observed under inverted phase contrast microscope. RESULTS: The torn endothelium culture technique rapidly cultivated single layer cat corneal endothelial cells. The self-designed primers for the target gene and reference gene were efficient and special confirmed through electrophoresis analysis and DNA sequencing. Forty-eight hours after transfect, the human β-NGF gene mRNA detected by fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction showed that there was no significant difference between normal CEC control group and CEC-AAV control group (P>0.05); there was significant difference between two control groups and recombinant CEC-AAV-β-NGF group (P<0.05). MTT assay showed that transfect of recombinant AAV-β-NGF promoted the proliferation activity of cat CEC, while there was no significant difference between normal CEC control group and CEC-AAV control group (P>0.05). FCM result showed that the percentage of G1cells in CEC-AAV-NGF group was 76.8% while that in normal CEC control group and CEC-AAV control group was 46.6% and 49.8%. CONCLUSION: Recombinant AAV-β-NGF promotes proliferation in cat CECs by expressing bioactive β-NGF protein in high efficiency and suggests that its modulation can be used to treat vision loss secondary to corneal endothelial dysfunction.     

汉字听写障碍儿童形音联结个案研究

目的：探索其汉字听写障碍儿童的认知加工特点，了解汉字听写障碍的发生机制及性质。方法：以对某患儿的个案研究为主，结合生理年龄和阅读水平对照组（各5人）。共三个实验，分别是视觉加工、语音加工、视听联结任务。结果：实验一、二二的结果为个案在视觉和语音加工任务上并不落后于两对照组；而在实验三中，个案总分为11分，生理年龄对照组、阅读水平对照组的平均分为19分、14．6分，将三者两两之间进行二比率差异的显著性检验，结果个案与生理年龄对照组之间：Z=2．432，P〈0．05；个案与阅读水平对照组之间：Z=1．124，P〉0．05；两个对照组之间：Z=2．324，P〈0．05。结论：本研究表明，形音联结落后是DT听写障碍的内在原因．汉字昕写障碍与拼音文字障碍困难的认知加工机制不同，形音连接能力缺陷也许是汉字听写障碍的重要原因。