Comparison of p53 expression in proximal and distal gastric cancer: Histopathologic correlation and prognostic significance

Background: The overexpression of p53 has been found to be correlated with prognosis of some carcinomas, including gastric cancer, but no studies have reported on its relationship to the location of gastric cancer. In the present study, we compared the p53 expression of proximal and distal gastric cancer concerning histopathology and prognosis. Methods: A total of 170 tumors in the patients with proximal (80 cases) and distal (90 cases) gastric cancer were studied by immunohistochemical methods. Results: p53 immunopositivity was detected in 28.8% of all tumors. The p53-positive expression in proximal gastric cancer was higher than in distal gastric cancer (38.8% vs. 20.0%, p<0.05). A 5-year survival analysis showed that there is no significant difference between tumors that are p53 positive and p53 negative. No correlation was found between p53 expression and histopathology of gastric cancer. Conclusion: p53 nuclear staining is not useful as a prognostic indicator or as a parameter in gastric cancer.     

油菜和向日葵花粉的成分分析及其蛋白质营养评价

<正> 花粉在古代就曾作为强身保健食品。美、英两国的科学家曾分析了花粉的成分,发现花粉由96种元素组成,其中有维生素、矿物质、酶、蛋白质和某些其它物质。美国明尼苏达大学曾做过花粉对动物的增重实验。当41～150日龄小猪饲料中添加2～3％的玉米花粉时,体重增长明显快于对照组,     

大肠癌组织p53基因突变及其与临床病理关系的探讨

应用非同位素标记ＰＣＲ－ＳＳＣＰ技术对３４例大肠癌组织ｐ５３基因第五外显子突变进行了检测。结果：５０％（１１／２２）结肠癌，８．３％（１／１２）直肠癌存在ｐ５３基因突变，低分化腺癌高于高、中分化腺癌（Ｐ＜０．０５），ＤｕｋｅｓＢ、Ｃ期高于ＤｕｋｅｓＡ期（Ｐ＜０．０５），ｐ５３基因第五外显子突变在已发生淋巴转移的大肠癌组织中呈现较强的趋势。提示：检测结肠癌原发灶ｐ５３基因第五外显子突变，对指导结肠癌的诊断、治疗及预后判断具有一定意义     

The effect of corona discharge on Der p 1

BACKGROUND: Reduction of house dust mite allergens in the domestic environment can play an important part in reducing sensitization and in the amelioration of symptoms in atopic individuals. Chemical and physical methods have been tried with varied levels of success. The present paper presents a novel electrostatic way of destroying Der p 1, the major mite allergen. OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of negative Trichel, negative continuous glow, positive pulse and positive continuous glow corona in destroying Der p 1. To determine whether ozone has any effect on the integrity of Der p 1 in the experimental conditions present. METHODS: A simple point-to-plane apparatus was used to irradiate samples of Der p 1 for periods of 1, 15, 30, 45, 60, 120, 180, 240 and 300 min. Controls were exposed to the atmosphere with no corona products present for the equivalent time. The effect of the corona by-product ozone was investigated alone by exposing samples of Der p 1 to molecular ozone for 60 min. Der p 1 concentration was quantified by two-site monoclonal antibody ELISA. RESULTS: High current negative glow resulted in a 67.37% reduction in Der p 1 concentration after 300 min compared with a 50.5% reduction from a low current Trichel regime. High current positive glow corona gave a reduction of 25.22% while a low current positive pulse corona caused a 13.72% reduction after 300 min. All these reductions were statistically significant (P < 0.05) compared with unexposed controls. Negative corona always gave greater percentage reductions in Der p 1 concentration for each time exposure investigated. The pattern of percentage reduction follows an exponential rise to maximum relationship in respect to time. Samples of Der p 1 were not affected by exposure to molecular ozone. CONCLUSION: These data indicate corona products to be a powerful new method of destroying Der p 1 allergen that is not dependent on the presence of the oxidizing corona product ozone.     

Software compensation improves the analysis of heterogeneous tumor samples stained for multiparameter DNA flow cytometry

Background: High concentrations of propidium iodide (PI), in combination with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and R-phycoerythrin (RPE) used for multiparameter DNA flow cytometry (FCM), cause spectral cross-talk into the green fluorescence channel (FL1). We have evaluated the use of post-acquisition software compensation (N-Color Compensation) in order to correct this spectral cross-talk caused by PI. Method: Cell mixtures were prepared consisting of keratin 8/18 FITC labeled, keratin 8/18 RPE labeled, and unlabeled MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells. DNA was stained with PI (100 μM). Post-acquisition software compensation was applied to correct the spectral cross-talk of PI fluorescence. Secondly, the distribution of the Ki-67 (FITC) protein during the cell cycle (PI) of SiHa cervical carcinoma cells (no software compensation) was compared to the Ki-67 expression pattern of SiHa cells, simultaneously stained for keratin 8 (RPE), after applying software compensation. Finally, software compensation was used to compare the relative levels of PCNA and p53 expression in two clinical ovarian cancer ascites specimens, stained for PCNA or p53 (FITC), keratin 8/18 (RPE), and DNA (PI), with a known p53 status (positive and negative, respectively). Results: The Ki-67 cell cycle-dependent pattern of a triply stained sample (Ki-67 (FITC), keratin 8 (RPE), and DNA (PI)) is restored after software compensation and the results are comparable to the Ki-67 distribution of a sample stained solely for Ki-67 and DNA. P53 expression could only be resolved after using software compensation in the p53 positive ovarian ascites (OA) sample. Conclusions: We conclude that software compensation is a robust and reliable post-acquisition method for the correction of RPE/PI spectral cross-talk, permitting better identification of weakly expressed proteins in heterogeneous clinical tumor samples stained for multiple cellular antigens and DNA using PI.     

瘢痕疙瘩成纤维细胞p53基因突变的研究

目的　探讨瘢痕疙瘩成纤维细胞中 p5 3基因第 4～ 8外显子的突变规律及其意义。　方法　取瘢痕患者手术切除的瘢痕疙瘩和增生性瘢痕标本各 12例 ,并设患者自身正常皮肤标本及血标本为对照。体外分离、培养上述组织标本的成纤维细胞。采用聚合酶链式反应 单链构象多态性(PCR SSCP)分析方法和基因测序法 ,检测各种组织成纤维细胞中p5 3基因的突变情况。　 结果　 12例瘢痕疙瘩标本中有 9例p5 3基因外显子 4、5、6、7出现点突变和移码突变 ,增生性瘢痕标本、正常皮肤标本及血标本中均未检出突变。　结论　p5 3基因突变是瘢痕疙瘩形成和发展的重要因素之一。     

ΔNp63蛋白在膀胱移行上皮癌中的表达及其临床意义

目的 :探讨 p5 3基因家族新成员截短型p6 3(△Np6 3)在膀胱癌组织中的表达及其意义。 方法 :采用免疫组织化学SP法检测 4 0例膀胱移行上皮癌 (TCC)、6例膀胱内翻性乳头状瘤和 8例正常膀胱移行上皮中△Np6 3的表达 ,并分析△Np6 3表达与膀胱癌病理类型、临床分期的关系。 结果 :正常膀胱移行上皮、膀胱内翻性乳头状瘤、TCC中△Np6 3的阳性表达率分别为 37.5 % (3/ 8)、6 6 .7% (4/ 6 )、10 0 % (40 / 4 0 ) ,组间差异有统计学意义 (P <0 .0 1)。TCCG3 级与G2 级△Np6 3的强阳性、中度阳性表达率显著高于G1级 (P <0 .0 1)。Ta～T1期以△Np6 3弱阳性为主 (6 6 .7% ) ,随TCC浸润程度的增加 ,△Np6 3染色强度逐渐增强。T2 期△Np6 3强阳性表达率为 35 .3% ,T3 ～T4期增至 6 3.6 %。结论 :△Np6 3在TCC中高表达 ,与TCC病理分级、临床分期密切相关 ;△Np6 3可能参与TCC的发生、发展 ,是评估TCC预后的潜在因素之一。     

Ki67、P53及微血管密度在大肠肿瘤中的表达

目的 研究Ki67、P53及微血管密度(microvessel density,MVD)在大肠肿瘤中的表达,探讨其与大肠肿瘤癌变的关系及作为早期癌变生物学标志物的可能性。方法 采用免疫组化技术分别测定正常大肠黏膜、大肠息肉及大肠癌组织标本中Ki67、P53及MVD值,共80例,分析其变化规律及相关性。结果 在正常黏膜、大肠息肉、大肠癌组中的Ki67标记指数逐渐增高(分别为11.00±10.70、39.64±17.70、52.96±26.40),组间比较差异显著(P=0.0001)。正常黏膜组P53蛋白均为阴性,大肠癌组P53蛋白表达的阳性率明显高于息肉组(P=0.0001)。Ki67、P53蛋白表达与性别、年龄、病程、病变部位、大小、大肠癌的病理类型、Dukes分期均无相关性。正常黏膜、大肠息肉、大肠癌组的MVD值(14.80±5.10、19.70±7.84、36.56±20.40)逐渐上升,3组差别显著(P=0.0001)。大肠癌中Dukes C、D期的MVD值(40.56±3.49)明显高于A、B期(29.50±2.45)(P=0.016)。Ki67与P53在各种组织中的表达呈正相关(r=0.5149,P=0.015)。联合检测Ki67及P53鉴别大肠良恶性病变的敏感度(70.37％)低于单侧Ki67(96.30％),但特异度(94.34％)明显增高。结论 Ki67标记指数可反映细胞增殖状态,指数高的大肠腺瘤易发生癌变。MVD值高的大肠癌易发生转移,MVD可作为判断大肠癌预后的参考指     

乳腺癌组织P21WAF1基因多态性与蛋白表达的关系

目的 :探讨乳腺癌组织p2 1WAF1DNA多态性与蛋白表达的关系。方法 :分别采用聚合酶链反应单链构象多态性技术 (PCR -SSCP)和免疫组化S -P法检测 10 0例乳腺癌石蜡包埋组织和 4 0例乳腺良性病变组织p2 1WAF1DNA多态性和蛋白表达。结果 :18% (18/ 10 0 )的乳腺癌组织和 5 % (2 / 4 0 )对照组组织分别出现两种p2 1WAF1DNA多态性 ,前者明显高于后者 ,组间有显著差异 (χ2 =3 94 ,P <0 0 5 ) ;5 0 % (5 0 / 10 0 )的乳腺癌组织和 12 5 % (5 / 4 0 )对照组组织表达p2 1WAF1蛋白 ,前者明显高于后者 ,组间有显著差异 (χ2 =16 84 ,P <0 0 1) ;10 0 % (18/ 18例 )的具有p2 1WAF1DNA多态性的乳腺癌组织p2 1WAF1蛋白表达阳性 ,39% (32 / 82 )的无p2 1WAF1DNA多态性乳腺癌组织蛋白表达阳性 ,p2 1WAF1DNA多态性组明显高于无多态性组 ,组间有显著差异 (χ2 =2 1 95 ,P <0 0 1) ;p2 1WAF1DNA多态性与p2 1WAF1蛋白表达呈正相关 (r =0 5 76 ,P <0 0 1)。结论 :乳腺癌组织p2 1WAF1DNA多态性可能产生不同的转录本并生成相应的蛋白质分子。     

Wnt-frizzled信号通路与心血管疾病关系的研究进展

Many researches have focused on the wnt- frizzled cascade in the recent years, while much work has been done in neoplastic diseases and embryology, the role of the wnt- frizzled signal transduction pathway in cardiovascular diseases has only recently begun to be explored. It plays a very important role in many physiological and pathophysiological processes, such as its transduction pathway, the healing after myocardial infarction, the proliferation, differentiation and orientation of cardiomyocytes, angiogenesis/neovascularization, cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure, the deposition of the extracellular matrix and so on. This article is aimed at its relation with myocardial infarction and the role of this pathway in cardiovascular diseases.