脂质体介导的p53基因对肝癌细胞生长的抑制作用

目的 观察外源野生型ｐ５３基因在肝癌基因治疗方面的可行性。方法 将载有人野生型ｐ５３－ｃＤＮＡ的真核表达质粒ｐ５３－ｐｃＤＮＡ３,用阳离子脂质体介导转染人肝癌细胞系ＨｅｐＧ２,用流式细胞仪检测ｐ５３－ｐｃＤＮＡ３对ＨｅｐＧ２细胞生长的影响。结果 通过观察细胞生长曲线与流式细胞仪检测细胞周期和细胞的凋亡指数发现,ＨｅｐＧ２细胞生长受到明显的抑制。结论 脂质体介导的ｐ５３基因可在Ｈ细胞中表达,且明显抑     

胶质瘤bcd—2基因表达水平与其细胞增殖和凋亡关系的研究

目的 探讨胶质瘤细胞ｂｃｌ－２基因表达水平与肿瘤恶性程度、细胞增殖活性及凋亡程度的关系。方法 以６９例不同级别的人胶质瘤组织为研究对象,用原位杂交及免疫组化染色ＡＢＣ法分别检测ｂｃｌ－２ｍＲＮＡ、ｂｃｌ－２蛋白和增殖细胞核抗原（细胞增殖活性标记物）的表达,并用３’末标记法做原位细胞凋亡检测。结果 ６４例（９２．８％）表达ｂｃｌ－２ｍＲＮＡ,６０例（８７．０％）表达ｂｃｌ－２蛋白,两者的表达水平呈正     

一种能精确检测人间期细胞核中21号染色体拷贝数的DNA探针

目的制备能精确检测人类间期细胞核中２１号染色体拷贝数的ＦＩＳＨ探针。方法利用万能引物ＰＣＲ法,从定位于人２１ｑ１１的ＹＡＣ克隆８８１Ｄ２分离制备ＤＮＡ探针,并用于与８例正常人和５例２１三体患者的外周血淋巴细胞中期相和间期核,及经细胞松弛素Ｂ（ｃｙｔｏｃｈａｌａｓｉｎＢ）诱导的双核细胞进行ＦＩＳＨ分析。结果该探针具有以下特点：（１）长度集中于３５０～７５０ｂｐ;（２）其靶序列位于２１号染色体长臂上且紧靠着丝粒;（３）特异性强;（４）杂交信号明亮,容易辨认;（５）对中期相及间期细胞核中２１号染色体的检出率分别高达９９．６０％和９８．４０％。结论制备的ＤＮＡ探针能精确检测人类间期细胞核中２１号染色体的拷贝数,且适用于细胞分裂时２１号染色体分离情况的研究     

HepG2和HepG2.2.15细胞对凋亡剌激的耐受性

目的阐明ＨＢＶ对感染细胞凋亡的影响。方法ＨｅｐＧ２及其转染ＨＢＶ的ＨｅｐＧ２２１５细胞培养中,加ＭＴＸ、ＡｃｔＤ或去血清培养,以ＦＣＭ检测细胞凋亡率。结果ＨｅｐＧ２．２．１５细胞加ＭＴＸ后２４小时和４８小时,凋亡率分别为１０８％和１３３％,加ＡｃｔＤ后分别为１６８％和３７７％,去血清后第４天及第６天,分别为１３２％和１４８％;而ＨｅｐＧ２细胞加ＭＴＸ后２４小时和４８小时,凋亡率则为１２６％和６５３％,加ＡｃｔＤ后分别为４４５％和８９７％,去血清后第４天和第６天凋亡率为１９８％和２８８％。结论在上述条件下,ＨｅｐＧ２２１５细胞较ＨｅｐＧ２细胞耐受凋亡;ＨＢＶ可能抑制肝癌细胞凋亡。     

B7-1分子诱导体外抗肝癌免疫反应

目的：了解Ｂ７分子在体外抗肝癌免疫中的作用。方法：健康人外周血单个核细胞（ＰＢＭＣ）与ＨｅｐＧ２／ｈＢ７－１，ＨｅｐＧ２／ｎｅｏ及亲代ＨｅｐＧ２瘤苗混合培养（ＭＬＴＣ），检测淋巴细胞活化增殖能力，淋巴细胞ＨＬＡ－Ｉ类抗原的表达，培养上清ＩＦＮ－γ水平，ＴＮＦ活性及ＬＡＫ，ＣＴＬ细胞活性。结果：ＨｅｐＧ２／ｈＢ７－１瘤苗促淋巴细胞增殖最高达１４．６倍，明显高于ＨｅｐＧ２／ｎｅｏ和ＨｅｐＧ２瘤苗的作用     

线粒体DNA与人宫颈细胞癌变的关系

目的探讨线粒体DNA与人宫颈细胞癌变的关系.方法采用PCR方法制备地高辛标记的3条人mtDNA探针,对一株人宫颈癌Hela细胞系、1例原代培养人皮肤成纤维细胞和24例子宫颈癌患者的活检癌组织及癌旁宫颈组织的染色体或间期细胞核进行了荧光原位杂交分析.结果 3条mtDNA探针在原代培养人皮肤成纤维细胞染色体或间期核中均未出现阳性杂交信号;而在人宫颈癌Hela细胞和24例肿瘤组织标本的部分染色体或间期细胞核中均出现了阳性杂交信号.而在癌旁组织的部分染色体或间期细胞核中虽也出现了阳性杂交信号.但与肿瘤组织标本相比有显著性差异.结论表明癌细胞核基因组中存在mtDNA的同源序列,这些同源片段的出现可能与细胞癌变有关.     

人神经母细胞瘤中bcl-2基因表达与肿瘤细胞凋亡间的关系及p16基因的表达

目的探讨人神经母细胞瘤中ｂｃｌ－２基因表达状况及与细胞凋亡的关系，以及ｐ１６基因的表达况状。方法应用原位杂交和免疫组化技术检测神经母细胞瘤中ｂｃｌ－２及ｐ１６两种基因的表达，并采用凋亡细胞原位检测方法对神经母细胞瘤组织切片中凋亡细胞数进行检测。结果原位杂交检测发现，２０例人神经母细胞瘤中，ｂｃｌ－２和ｐ１６基因表达阳性率均为９５％；免疫组化检测发现ｂｃｌ－２和ｐ１６蛋白表达阳性率均为１００％。χ２检验表明两种方法检测阳性率差异无显著性。凋亡细胞原位检测结果显示，肿瘤组织凋亡细胞数量随ｂｃｌ－２基因表达增强而减少。结论人神经母细胞瘤中ｂｃｌ－２基因有较普遍的表达，直接影响神经母细胞瘤中凋亡细胞的数量，ｐ１６基因未见明确的表达缺失。     

c—erbB—2,p53,bcl—2和nm23—H1在肺癌中的表达

目的：探讨ｃ－ｅｒｂＢ－２,ｐ５３,ｂｃｌ－２和ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１基因在肺癌发生发展过程中的作用。方法;用免疫组化ＡＢＣ法对原发性肺癌组织中４种基因的表达和突变进行检测。结果：５８例肺癌中,３１例ｐ５３过度表达,１８例ｂｃｌ－２过度表达。ｃ－ｅｒｂＢ－２与ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１在１０例小细胞癌中未见表达。     

肝细胞癌和肝硬变中bcl-2蛋白表达与细胞凋亡的关系

目的：研究肝细胞癌和肝硬变中ｂｃｌ－２蛋白表达与细胞凋亡的关系。方法：应用原位脱氧核糖核酸末端转移酶标记法和Ｓ－Ｐ免疫组化技术检测２８例肝硬变和３５例肝细胞癌组织中凋亡细胞的分布、密度及ｂｃｌ－２蛋白的表达。结果：肝细胞癌组织中凋亡细胞密度显著低于肝硬变，且随其恶性程度的增高呈逐渐降低趋势；凋亡细胞在肝硬变中多分布于假小叶周边区域。ｂｃｌ－２蛋白在肝细胞癌组织中的表达强度明显高于肝硬变，但表达的阳性率差异不明显。结论：ｂｃｌ－２通过其表达产物调控肝硬变和肝细胞癌中的细胞凋亡，在肝细胞癌发生中起重要作用，但ｂｃｌ－２蛋白并非细胞凋亡的唯一调控因素     

食管癌变过程中p53,c—myc,bcl—2表达及其与细 …

探讨食管癌变过程中肿瘤抑制基因Ｐ５３５ 基因ｃ－ｍｙｃ，ｂｃｌ－２的变化及其与细胞凋亡的关系。方法：采用免疫组化法检测２７９例食管粘膜活检组织中ｐ５３－，ｃ－ｍｙｃ，ｂｃｌ－２的表达以及细胞凋亡的关系。结果：从食管正常上皮到基底细胞增生，间变和部，ｐ５３，ｃ－ｍｙｃ－ｂｃｌ－２免疫阳怀表达率及细胞凋亡发生率和细胞凋亡指数均呈升高趋势，而且在同一阶段病变，ｐ５３和ｃ－ｍｙｃ阳性地凋亡指数高于其阴性表     

Detection of chromosome aberrations in interphase nuclei using fluorescence in situ hybridization technique.

We report here several experiences of interphase cytogenetics, using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, for the detection of chromosome aberrations. FISH, using alpha satellite specific probes of 18, X, Y chromosomes, was done in interphase nuclei from peripheral blood of patients with Edwards'' syndrome, Klinefelter''s syndrome and Turner''s syndrome with healthy male and female controls, respectively. The distributions of fluorescent signals in 100 interphase nuclei were well correlated with metaphase findings. Nowadays FISH plays an increasingly important role in a variety of research areas, including cytogenetics, prenatal diagnosis, tumor biology, gene amplification and gene mapping.     

Validation of chromogenic in situ hybridization for detection of EGFR copy number amplification in nonsmall cell lung carcinoma.

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene copy number correlates with response to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), a standard methodology to detect EGFR copy number abnormalities in nonsmall cell lung carcinoma, is limited by instrumentation and cost. Chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) is an emerging alternative detection technique using light microscopy, but its utility in assessing EGFR copy number in lung cancer is not established. To address the utility of CISH, we studied paraffin-embedded nonsmall cell lung carcinoma specimens from 77 Taiwanese nonsmoking women treated by surgery alone. We recorded the number of signals per tumor cell nucleus, correlated EGFR copy number by CISH with FISH results, and used receiver operating characteristics to identify cut-off points for the CISH results. Tumors were classified as adenocarcinoma (n=28), mixed adenocarcinoma with bronchioloalveolar features (n=25), bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (n=2), squamous cell carcinoma (n=15), and adenosquamous carcinoma (n=7). By FISH, 29% of cases had no amplification, 18% had low polysomy, 35% had high polysomy, and 12% had gene amplification. EGFR copy number detected by CISH highly correlated with FISH (Spearman r=0.81, P<0.0001). We determined the optimal EGFR CISH cut-off points that discriminate between no amplification and low polysomy (2.8 signals, P=0.09); no amplification plus low polysomy and high polysomy plus gene amplification (4.5 signals, P<0.0001); and high polysomy and gene amplification (7.1 signals, P=0.0003). CISH is an alternative assay to FISH in determining EGFR copy number status that may contribute to stratification of patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma for clinical trials and identify a subset of patients that should be treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors.     

Characterization of the topoisomerase I locus in human colorectal cancer

DNA topoisomerase I (topo I) is the principle target for Camptothecin and its analogues. The topo I gene is located on chromosome 20q11.2-q13.1 and variation in topo I gene copy number has been shown to have impact on the in vitro sensitivity to topoisomerase I inhibitor chemotherapy. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to detect and compare the TOPO I gene copy number between metaphase and interphase nuclei in a panel of 7 colorectal cancer cell lines. TOPO I gene copy number varied from 2 to 8 between cell lines, and signal in interphase nuclei demonstrated a linear relationship with that detected in metaphase nuclei. The structure of gene amplification included isochromosome formation, amplicon extension, and marker chromosome generation. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) was then used to further define the region of gain on chromosome 20. The region of gain contained the topo I gene and involved nearly all of 20q in most cases. This demonstrates a high degree of intrinsic variation in topo I gene copy number and the involvement of a 20q amplicon in colorectal cancer, which may have important implications for colorectal tumorigenesis and the use of chemotherapy.     

Benzene increases aneuploidy in the lymphocytes of exposed workers: a comparison of data obtained by fluorescence in situ hybridization in interphase and metaphase cells

Benzene is an established human leukemogen that increases the level of chromosome aberrations in lymphocytes of exposed workers. Numerical aberrations (aneusomy) can be observed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in both interphase and metaphase cells. Whereas interphase FISH allows nondividing cells to be analyzed, one advantage of metaphase FISH is that it can also detect structural changes. The present study compares the abilities of metaphase and interphase FISH to detect aneusomy of chromosomes 7 and 8 in healthy benzene-exposed human subjects. Metaphase and interphase cells from the peripheral blood of 43 workers exposed to benzene (median = 31 ppm, 8-hr TWA) and 44 frequency-matched controls were analyzed by FISH. Normal diploid cells contained two hybridization signals, whereas those that were potentially monosomic contained one, trisomic 3 and tetrasomic 4. The frequency of cells with one hybridization signal for chromosome 7 in metaphase spreads rose from 2.72 +/- 0.19 (%, mean +/- SE) in controls to 3.79 +/- 0.63 in workers exposed to 31 or fewer ppm benzene and 5.9 +/- 0.85 in those exposed to more than 31 ppm (P(trend) < 0.0001). No similar dose-dependent increase in the frequency of cells with one hybridization signal was observed by interphase FISH, probably because of probe overlap artifact. Although significant dose-dependent increases in the frequency of cells with three hybridization signals for chromosome 7 were detected by both methods in the higher-exposed group, a larger, more significant difference was detected by metaphase FISH between controls and workers exposed to 31 or fewer ppm. Similar data were obtained for chromosome 8. Interphase and metaphase FISH were moderately correlated for three hybridization signals but not for one hybridization signal in chromosome 7 or 8. In general, metaphase FISH was more sensitive in detecting both monosomy and trisomy in the lymphocytes of exposed workers.     

Detection of Trisomy 12 and Centromeric Alterations in CLL by Interphase- and Metaphase-FISH

We have studied trisomy 12 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with an -satellite centromeric probe for chromosome 12 on both dividing and non-dividing cells. Trisomy for chromosome 12 was demonstrated in four of these patients (15.3%) using FISH on interphase cells. The percentage of trisomic cells ranged from 10% to 65% of nuclei. The hybridization signals in the trisomic and disomic nuclei were of a broadly similar size and nature. Interestingly, three of the remaining CLL patients, who exhibited disomy for chromosome 12, showed a marked difference in size of the hybridization signals in interphase nuclei. This was also demonstrated in metaphase spreads. In addition, metaphase FISH studies revealed a supernumerary marker chromosome in three out of 26 patients with CLL.     

喉癌中EGFR基因扩增、表达及临床意义

目的研究喉癌中表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)基因的扩增、表达,探讨其在喉癌发生、发展中的作用及临床意义。方法采用差异PCR(differential PCR)方法检测40例喉鳞状细胞癌及配对癌旁正常组织中EGFR基因的扩增(即基因拷贝数增加);应用RT-PCR方法检测EGFR mRNA水平;应用SPSS13.0软件对数据进行统计学分析。结果喉癌组织中有13例(占32.5%)EGFR基因拷贝数增加,癌旁对照组中则未检测到(χ2=15.537,P<0.005);喉癌组织中EGFR mRNA平均积分光密度为872.356±62.340,癌旁对照组为346.425±57.380(t=5.959,P<0.001);喉癌组织分化程度越低,病理分期越晚,EGFR基因扩增和mRNA表达水平越高(P<0.05)。结论喉癌中EGFR基因在DNA水平上的扩增是EGFR mRNA过表达的原因之一,EGFR的扩增和过表达在喉癌的发生、进展中发挥一定作用。     

A break-apart fluorescence in situ hybridization assay for detecting RET translocations in papillary thyroid carcinoma

At least 15 different translocations have been described activating RET in papillary thyroid carcinomas. A break-apart fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay should detect many translocations involving the RET gene without requiring knowledge of the partner gene. G-banding and spectral karyotyping was performed to further characterize the papillary carcinoma cell line TPC-1. BAC clones flanking the 5' and 3' regions of RET were labeled with SpectrumRed and biotin detected with avidin-AMCA (blue). In addition to the previously described chromosomal t(1;10;21), TPC-1 was found to have del(7)(q22q31) and der(8)t(8;8)(p21;q11.2). With the BAC probes, TPC-1 interphase nuclei showed the expected signal pattern of one paired red-blue signal as well as separated red and blue signals from the rearranged RET gene in 93% of cells. Interphase nuclei from normal human lymphocytes showed two paired red-blue signals in 97% of cells. TPC-1 cells were found to have the previously described chromosomal rearrangement that involves chromosome 10, with few other cytogenetically detectable genomic alterations. RET rearrangement can be detected by a break-apart BAC FISH probe set in the interphase nuclei of TPC-1 cells. This assay can potentially detect clinically relevant translocations involving RET.     

Unique chromosomal location of amplified EGF receptor genes in EGF receptor-hyperproducing tumor cell line NA

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene was analyzed by in situ hybridization using a squamous cell carcinoma line NA, which has high numbers of EGF receptors and carries a 20-fold amplification of EGFR genes. NA cells are pseudotriploid (mode of chromosome number is 69) and have three copies of an apparently normal chromosome 7 together with several aberrant chromosomes. Strong hybridization signals were observed in the abnormal banding region of one of the aberrant chromosomes, MH1, which has no structural homology to chromosome 7. This MH1 chromosome was lost in NA-derived variant lines that possess reduced numbers of EGF receptors. These results are in contrast to previous findings that EGFR gene amplification is associated with structural alterations of the short arm of chromosome 7 and provide new evidence in regard to the location of the amplified EGFR gene in tumor cells.     

Visualization of interphase chromosomes in postmitotic cells of the human brain by multicolour banding (MCB)

Molecular cytogenetics offers the unique possibility of investigating numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations in interphase nuclei of somatic cells. Previous fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) investigations gave hints of numerical chromosomal imbalances in the human brain, present as low-level mosaicism. However, as precise identification of aneuploidy rates in somatic tissues faces major difficulties due to the limitations of FISH using whole chromosome painting or centromeric probes, in this study low-level mosaicism in the human brain was addressed for the first time using microdissection-based multicolour banding (MCB) probe sets. We demonstrated that MCB is suitable for this application and leads to more reliable results than the use of centromeric probes in parallel on the same samples. Autosomes and the active X chromosome appear as discrete metaphase chromosome-like structures, while the inactive X chromosome is condensed in more than 95% of interphase nuclei. The frequency of stochastic aneuploidy was found to be 0.2–0.5% (mean 0.35%) per autosome pair, 2% for the X chromosome in the female brain, and 0.4% in the male brain, giving a cumulative frequency of aneuploidy of approximately 10% in the adult brain. Moreover, MCB as well as multi-probe FISH using centromeric probes revealed associated signals in a large proportion of brain cells (10–40%). While co-localized signals could not be discriminated from numerical chromosome imbalances after FISH using centromeric probes, interphase MCB allows such differentiation. In summary, MCB is the only approach available at present that provides the possibility of characterizing the chromosomal integrity of arbitrary interphase cell populations. Thus, cytogenetics is no longer limited in its application to dividing cells, which is a great step forward for brain research.