表达前列腺特异性膜抗原的DNA疫苗对肿瘤细胞的抑制作用

目的构建表达前列腺特异性膜抗原（PSMA）的DNA疫苗，观察其在体外对肿瘤细胞的免疫攻击和在体内对肿瘤细胞攻击的免疫保护作用。方法通过稳定转染构建表达PSMA的小鼠黑色素瘤细胞系B16-PSMA，将DNA疫苗pCDNA3．1-PSMA通过肌肉注射导入C57BL／6小鼠体内，分离小鼠脾细胞，检测细胞毒性T淋巴细胞（cytotoxic T lymphocytes，CTL）反应。以B16-PSMA细胞攻击免骺小鼠，观察免疫动物的无瘤生存期和肿瘤体积增长情况，评价DNA疫苗的抗肿瘤作用。结果DNA疫苗可诱导小鼠脾淋巴细胞CTL活性，经过免疫后的小鼠成瘤率降低，无瘤生存期延长，肿瘤生长缓慢，肿瘤组织内有较多淋巴细胞浸润，表明产生较强的抗肿瘤反应。结论表达PSMA的DNA疫苗能够诱导小鼠产生特异性免疫反应，对表达PSMA的肿瘤细胞的攻击产生免疫保护作用，为前列腺癌的预防和免疫治疗提供了新的思路。     

Association study between the NMDA receptor 2B subunit gene (GRIN2B) and schizophrenia: a HuGE review and meta-analysis.

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness to which hypofunction of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors has been linked. Association studies have implicated the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 2B subunit gene (GRIN2B) as a candidate for schizophrenia. Subsequent studies have attempted to replicate the association, but the results have been mixed and thus inconclusive. It is necessary to explain the inconsistency of these results and to clarify the contribution of the GRIN2B gene to schizophrenia. The current meta-analysis covers all published association studies up to January 2006 using systematic allelic and genotypic analyses involving five polymorphisms. The results show evidence of a statistically significant association for GRIN2B. The association seems weaker, but nonetheless interesting. The meta-analysis supports the involvement of the glutamate system of the brain in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. This may be the first systematic meta-analysis study focusing on GRIN2B.     

Manumycin诱导细胞凋亡抑制乳腺癌细胞SK-BR-3活性

目的:研究manumycin对乳腺癌腹腔转移癌细胞株SK-BR-3的抑癌效应及其诱导凋亡。方法:用MTT法检测manumycin对SK-BR-3细胞的抑癌作用。免疫印迹方法检测p38 MAPK蛋白表达。用caspase-3活性检测试剂盒定量检测manumycin诱导细胞凋亡的水平及评估特异性的p38 MAPK抑制剂SB203580对凋亡的影响。结果:经6 μmol/L、18 μmol/L、54 μmol/L manumycin处理SK-BR-3细胞24 h时,其抑制率分别为(7.4±3.9)%、(21.0±4.4)%和(64.7±4.1)%,呈量效关系。其中后2者的细胞活性与对照组比有显著差异(P<0.01)。用药24 h的IC₅₀为42.5 μmol/L。同时此药物可明显增加caspase-3的活性,且这一效应可部分地被p38抑制剂SB203580阻断。免疫印迹结果显示manumycin促进p38的磷酸化。结论:manumycin可通过诱导SK-BR-3细胞凋亡而产生抑癌作用,p38 MAPK是manumycin诱导细胞凋亡的通路之一。     

Association of the Pro12Ala and C1431T polymorphism of the PPAR gamma2 gene and their haplotypes with obesity and type 2 diabetes

OBJECTIVE: To study the association of the Pro12Ala and C1431T polymorphism of the PPAR gamma2 gene and their haplotypes with obesity and type 2 diabetes in Chinese population. METHODS: PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism was used to determine the Pro12Ala and C1431T polymorphisms in 207 patients with type 2 diabetes and 101 non-diabetic control subjects. RESULTS: (1) In non-diabetic control population, the Ala allele frequency was 0.064, the T1431 allele frequency was 0.252. Haplotype analysis showed that the Pro12Ala and C1431T polymorphisms were in linkage disequilibrium (Do=0.63, r(2)=0.074), which constituted three major haplotypes Pro-C, Pro-T and Ala-T. (2) There were no significant differences of the distribution frequencies of the Pro12Ala and C1431T polymorphism and their haplotypes between the type 2 diabetes mellitus group and non-diabetic control group (P > 0.05). (3) The Pro12Ala polymorphism was associated with blood pressure and lipidemia in diabetic patients. The Ala allele significantly decreased the diastolic blood pressure of non-obese diabetic patients (P < 0.05), but it did not benefit to the obese diabetic patients for the lipidemia (P < 0.05). The C1431T polymorphism was associated with overweight and obesity in diabetic patients. The T1431 allele frequency in the body mass index >/= 25 layer was significantly higher than that in the body mass index < 25 layer (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The Pro12Ala and C1431T polymorphisms of the PPAR gamma2 gene might not be a major etiological factor for type 2 diabetes; the C1431T polymorphism was associated with overweight or obesity in diabetic patients.     

Cytologic analyses of spindle-cell lesions of the thorax and retroperitoneum

Thoracic and retroperitoneal spindle-cell lesions represent a diagnostic challenge in the evaluation of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) specimens. The challenge is due to the morphologic similarities and wide variety of different entities with spindle-cell morphology in these two sites. The purpose of this study was to identify criteria helpful in the classification and differential diagnosis of spindle-cell lesions in these two locations. A set of cytologic features was analyzed in 57 thoracic or retroperitoneal spindle-cell lesions. Our results show that pleomorphism and abundant single cells were parameters associated with high-grade tumors in univariate and multivariate analysis, while coarse chromatin pattern was significant only in a univariate analysis. The combination of absence of pleomorphism, rare single cells, tight cluster arrangement, fine chromatin pattern, and absence of macronucleoli was seen only in benign cases. Assessment of background material was helpful in the differential diagnosis and classification. Necrosis was only found in high-grade cases.     

alpha-1 antitrypsin phenotypes by isoelectric focusing in a metropolitan southern Chinese population

AIMS/BACKGROUND: alpha-1 antitrypsin (alpha1AT) is an abundant protease inhibitor in human plasma. Its phenotypic variability has been reported to be associated with pulmonary emphysema and chronic liver diseases. However, alpha1AT deficiency is an uncommon condition in the Chinese population. The aim of this study was to describe the phenotypic distribution of alpha1AT in a southern Chinese population. METHODS: A total of 1085 healthy blood donors underwent alpha1AT phenotyping by isoelectric focusing. RESULTS: Two thirds (66.1%) were homozygous for either M1 or M2, whereas 32.6% were heterozygous for two different M phenotypes. The frequency of allelic variants was only 0.007, and deficiency variants were absent. Compared with earlier studies on southern Chinese populations, this study found a lower frequency of M2, and a higher number of allelic variants, including E, L, N, P, and S. This phenomenon can be attributed to population migration and mixing. CONCLUSIONS: An understanding of the alpha1AT pattern is important for evaluating the predisposition of the population to selected clinical diseases.     

Effect of Group A Streptococcal Cysteine Protease on Invasion of Epithelial Cells

Cysteine protease of group A streptococci (GAS) is considered an important virulence factor. However, its role in invasiveness of GAS has not been investigated. We demonstrated in this study that two strains of protease-producing GAS had the ability to invade A-549 human respiratory epithelial cells. Isogenic protease mutants were constructed by using integrational plasmids to disrupt the speB gene and confirmed by Southern hybridization and Western immunoblot analyses. No extracellular protease activity was produced by the mutants. The mutants had growth rates similar to those of the wild-type strains and produced normal levels of other extracellular proteins. When invading A-549 cells, the mutants had a two- to threefold decrease in activity compared to that of the wild-type strains. The invasion activity increased when the A-549 cells were incubated with purified cysteine protease and the mutant. However, blockage of the cysteine protease with a specific cysteine protease inhibitor, E-64, decreased the invasion activity of GAS. Intracellular growth of GAS was not found in A-549 cells. The presence or absence of protease activity did not affect the adhesive ability of GAS. These results suggested that streptococcal cysteine protease can enhance the invasion ability of GAS in human respiratory epithelial cells.     

人脑颞叶组织中类固醇5a－还原酶同功酶活性分布研究

本文采用酶放射分析法对新鲜人脑颞叶组织中５ａ－还原酶同功酶的活性分布进行研究。结果显示：（１）在颞叶脑组织中，５ａ－还原酶１和５ａ－还原酶２主要分布在灰质，其酶活性（５ａ－还原酶１，３３．６±４．５ｐｍｏｌ·ｈ_（－１）／ｍｇ蛋白，ｎ＝１２；５ａ－还原酶２，１３．８±２．９ｐｍｏｌ·ｈ_（－１）／ｍｇ蛋白，ｎ＝１１）明显高于分布在白质中的酶活性（５ａ－还原酶１，１４．７±２．０ｐｍｏｌ·ｈ_（－１）／ｍｇ蛋白，ｎ＝１２，Ｐ＜０．００１；５ａ－还原酶２，５．２±０．９ｐｍｏｌ·ｈ_（－１）／ｍｇ蛋白，ｎ＝１１，Ｐ＜０，０１）；（２）在灰质中，５ａ－还原酶活性主要来自于５ａ－还原酶１，其酶活性（３４．９±２．５ｐｍｏｌ·ｈ_（－１）／ｍｇ蛋白，ｎ＝３２）明显高于５ａ－还原酶２（１５．０±２．３ｐｍｏｌ·ｒ_（－１）／ｍｇ蛋白，ｎ＝１８，（Ｐ＜０．００１）；（３）５ａ－还原酶１和５ａ－还原酶２的活性在男女性之间差异不显著，且与年龄无相关关系。     

桡侧腕短伸肌腱部分移位修复第一腕掌关节脱位的应用解剖与手术设计

目的:为桡侧腕短伸肌腱部分移位修复第一腕掌关节脱位提供解剖学依据。方法:30侧成人上肢标本,将桡侧腕短伸肌腱分为上、中、下3部分,进行形态学测量。结果:桡侧腕短伸肌腱长度为(15.3±1.9)cm(10～22.5cm),其宽度:上段为(15.4±5.2)mm(5.3～23.8mm),中段(10.0±3.0)mm(4.2～18.5mm),下段(5.5±0.6)mm(3.7～9.6mm);厚度:上段为(0.6±0.3)mm(0.1～1.4mm),中段为(1.8±0.7)mm(0.7～3.0mm),下段为(2.1±1.2)mm(0.8～3.1mm)。结论:桡侧腕短伸肌腱部分转位有足够的长度以修复第一腕掌关节脱位。