腺病毒介导的CD基因在人胰腺癌细胞中的靶向性表达

【目的】探讨腺病毒介导的大肠杆菌胞嘧啶脱氨酶 (E .coliCD)基因在胰腺癌细胞中靶向性表达的可能性及其作用。【方法】将含癌胚抗原 (carcinoembryonicantigenCEA)启动子的重组腺病毒感染人胰腺癌SW1990细胞 (CEA )、Capan 2细胞 (CEA-)和人宫颈癌Hela细胞 ,观察CD基因在 3种细胞中的表达及细胞对 5 FC的敏感性差异。【结果】腺病毒介导CD基因仅在SW1990细胞中呈专一性表达 ,转导CD基因的SW1990细胞对 5 FC的敏感性明显提高。【结论】含CEA启动子的CD基因疗法可能是胰腺癌靶向性基因治疗的可行途径。     

Urinary excretion of adenosine deaminase binding protein in neonates treated with tobramycin

The potential tubulotoxicity of tobramycin and cefotaxim were assessed in neonates by measuring the urinary level of adenosine deaminase binding protein (ABP) and urinary ₁-microglobulin and ₂-microglobulin. In a prospective study, 33 neonates who received tobramycin and cefotaxim for suspected neonatal sepsis were compared with 48 untreated newborns during the first 10 days of life. The urinary concentrations of ABP and its excretion rates, corrected for body weight and body surface area, were significantly increased from the 1st day of treatment. Urinary ₁-microglobulin and ₂-microglobulin were not elevated under tobramycin and cefotaxim during the first 2 days of treatment. We conclude that ABP may be a sensitive marker for the detection of proximal renal tubular injury during tobramycin and cefotaxim treatments of neonates. The increase in urinary ABP which occurs before an elevation of urinary ₁-microglobulin and ₂-microglobulin may reflect earlier structural than functional alterations. However, since none of the treated infants had signs of electrolyte disorders or glomerular dysfunction, the clinical relevance of ABP measurement should be reevaluated.     

The extracellular versus intracellular mechanisms of inhibition of TCR-triggered activation in thymocytes by adenosine under conditions of inhibited adenosine deaminase

The absence or low levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA) in humans result in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which is characterized by hypoplastic thymus, T lymphocyte depletion and autoimmunity. Deficiency of ADA causes increased levels of both intracellular and extracellular adenosine, although only the intracellular lymphotoxicity of accumulated adenosine is considered in the pathogenesis of ADA SCID. It is shown that extracellular but not intracellular adenosine selectively inhibits TCR-triggered up-regulation of activation markers and apoptotic events in thymocytes under conditions of ADA deficiency. The effects of intracellular adenosine are dissociated from effects of extracellular adenosine in experiments using an adenosine transporter blocker. We found that prevention of toxicity of intracellular adenosine led to survival of TCR-cross-linked thymocytes in long-term (4 days) assays, but it was not sufficient for normal T cell differentiation under conditions of inhibited ADA. Surviving TCR-cross-linked thymocytes had a non-activated phenotype due to extracellular adenosine-mediated, TCR-antagonizing signaling. Taken together the data suggest that both intracellular toxicity and signaling by extracellular adenosine may contribute to pathogenesis of ADA SCID. Accordingly, extracellular adenosine may act on thymocytes, which survived intracellular toxicity of adenosine during ADA deficiency by counteracting TCR signaling. This, in turn, could lead to failure of positive and negative selection of thymocytes, and to additional elimination of thymocytes or autoimmunity of surviving T cells.     

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV and adenosine deaminase activity. Decrease in depression

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) and adenosine deaminase (ADA), two T cell associated enzymes, are known to have a possible interaction and play essential roles in immune system functioning. On the other hand, depression has been shown to be accompanied with some immune-inflammatory alterations. In this regard, in order to make a contribution to the understanding of the ongoing immune disturbances in depression, serum DPPIV and ADA activities were determined in minor and major depressives and compared with healthy controls. Both enzyme activities were found to be decreased in major depressives compared to controls while only DPPIV activity was significantly lower in major depressives than the minor depressives. There were significant inverse relationships between enzyme activities and the severity of depression. Moreover, a positive intracorrelation was found between decreased DPPIV and ADA levels. The correlated decrease in DPPIV and ADA, might be a further support for their possible association. Results also suggest that decreased enzyme activities might reflect the impaired immune state in depression while major depressed patients might have a greater tendency to immune dysfunction than the minor depressed ones.     

CD与bcl-Xs基因联合转染卵巢癌细胞株对5-氟胞嘧啶作用的影响

目的　了解自杀基因胞嘧啶脱氨酶基因 (cytosinedeaminase ,CD)及其前药 5 氟胞嘧啶 (5 fluorucytosine,5 FC)和bcl Xs基因转移联合作用对卵巢癌细胞株生长的影响。方法　以复制缺陷型腺病毒为载体将CD基因和bcl Xs基因体外转染大鼠卵巢癌细胞株NUTU 19细胞 ,加入含 5 FC的培养基。MTT法检测培养细胞吸光度值 ,计算细胞存活率。结果　单一bcl Xs基因转移及单一CD /5 FC系统作用对NUTU 19细胞的生长抑制作用均随病毒滴度的增加而增大 ;将两者联合作用于NU TU 19细胞 ,其生长抑制率比两者单独使用时的生长抑制率之和更高 ,表现为协同效应 (P <0 .0 0 0 1)。结论　CD /5 FC系统与bcl Xs基因转移联合使用对NUTU 19细胞的生长抑制具有协同作用。     

Ras oncogene-transformed and nontransformed cell populations are each heterogeneous but respond differently to the chemotherapeutic drug cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C)

 In order to determine whether the growth of ras oncogene-transformed cells and nontransformed cells was inhibited differently by the chemotherapuetic drug cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) their growth was analyzed by a novel colony-based assay that is sensitive and appropriate for heterogeneous cell populations. Colonies of nontransformed NIH3T3 cells, or ras onco- gene-transformed NIH(ras) cells, were grown in the absence of drug and then divided into subclones. Subclones were allowed to continue to grow in the absence or presence of drug. Growth inhibition was determined by comparing the growth of drug-treated subclones with the growth of related untreated subclones. Colonies of nontransformed cells grown in the absence of the drug displayed a large variation in growth, and when grown in the presence of the drug displayed a large variation in growth inhibition. Colonies of transformed cells also displayed a large variation in the absence and presence of the drug. For each cell line, related subclones were more similar to each other than to unrelated subclones, implying inheritance of growth rates and drug response. For NIH3T3 cells, the growth of subclones in the presence of drug was highly correlated with the growth of related subclones in the absence of drug. However, for NIH3T3(ras) cells the growth of subclones in the presence of drug was not correlated with the growth of related subclones in the absence of drug. Therefore, ras oncogene-transformed and nontransformed cell populations differ in their response to Ara-C. Received: 3 November 1995/Accepted: 30 July 1996     

胞嘧啶脱氨酸基因治疗人胰腺癌的实验研究

探讨腺病毒介导的大肠杆菌胞嘧啶脱氨酶基因用于人胰腺癌基因疗法的可行性。方法将含癌胚抗原启动子的重组腺病毒感染人胰腺癌ＳＷ１９９０细胞和Ｃａｐａｎ－２细胞以及人宫颈癌Ｈｅｌａ细胞,用逆转录聚合酶链反应（ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ）和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ检测ＣＤ基因在细胞中的表达,以ＭＴＴ法比较细胞对５－氟胞嘧（５－ＦＣ）的敏感性差异。建立胰腺癌裸鼠皮下移植瘤模型,观察ＣＤ基因的原位治疗效应及安全性。结果腺病毒介     

腺病毒介导的大肠杆菌CD自杀基因体内外对肿瘤杀伤作用的研究

编委会 Editorial Board名誉主编 Honorary Editor-in-chief吴孟超 Wu Meng chao(Second Military Medical University,Shanghai 200433学术顾问 Academic Advisers巴德年 Ba Denian(Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing 100730)刘新垣 Liu Xinyuan(Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200031)吴旻 WuMin(Cancer Institute,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing 100021)汤钊猷 Tang Zhaoyou(Shanghai Medical University,Shanghai 200032)主编 Editor-in-chief张友会 Zhang Youhui(Cancer Institute,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing,100021)副主编 Associate Editor-in-chief崔正言 Cul Zhenyan(Department of Immunology,Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences,Jinan 250001)钱振超 Qian Zhenchao(Department of Patho-physiology,Dalian Medical University,Dalian 116027)何球藻 He Qiuzao(Department of Immunology,Shanghai Medical University,Shanghai 200032)董志伟 Dong Zhiwei(Cancer Institute,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing 100021)常务副主编 Managing Editor-in-chief     

自杀基因联合放射对食管癌细胞株的实验研究

目的自杀基因具有能将无细胞毒性的前体药物转化为有细胞毒性作用的药物而使细胞死亡,通过观察大肠杆菌胞嘧啶脱氨酶/氟胞嘧啶(CD/5-FC)自杀基因系统对食管癌EC109细胞杀伤效应及与放射联合应用对食管癌肿瘤细胞协同杀伤效应。方法采用PCR方法从大肠杆菌基因组DNA中扩增出CD基因;构建重组真核载体pcDNA3.1-CD;用脂质体转染法转染EC109细胞;观察CD/5-FC体系对EC109细胞的杀伤效应和旁观者效应及对放射的增敏效应。结果RT-PCR分析结果表明CD基因已转入EC109细胞并表达。离体实验证实5-FC对转CD基因后的食管癌细胞株有明显的细胞毒作用,含5%的转基因食管癌细胞加入5-FC后的细胞存活比率为41.8%±14.2%,低于对照组的94.6%±4.3%结果(t=3.14,P<0.05);加入10%的转基因细胞的存活比率为37.8%±4.4%,低于对照组的95.6%±5.4%结果(t=9.75,P<0.01)。CD/5-FC体系对肿瘤细胞放射增敏效果明显,加前药5-FC及放射组细胞存活曲线低于单纯加前药5-FC对照组或单纯放射对照组,重复测量数据方差分析结果显示F=11.50,P<0.01;治疗组分别与5-FC对照组及单纯放射对照组相比F值分别为4.11、10.53,P值分别<0.05、0.01。结论CD/5-FC体系的旁观者效应和放射增敏效果明显。