谷胱甘肽S-转移酶在原发性肝癌中的表达

目的：为了解谷胱甘肽S－转移酶及其同工酶在原发性肝癌患者中的表达情况。方法：采用免疫组化方法对不同分化程度肝癌组织32例和肝硬化组织11例行GSTs和GST－π表达的研究，并以γ-GT作为对照；同时对128例不同肝病患者血清中GSTs活性作检测。结果：GSTs、GST－π及γ－GT的表达与肿瘤的分化程度有关，分化越差，阳性率越低，反之亦然；GST－π在分化良好组阳性表达率明显高于肝为后肝硬化组（P＜0．05）；血清GSTs活性检测肝癌组与正常对照组相比没有显著性差异（P＞0．05）。结论：GST－π是优于γ-GT的肝癌标志酶，尤其在分化程度良好的肝癌，对临床区分肝癌的分化程度有一定的意义。     

热休克对小麦未成熟种子萌发、生物发光和抗氧化酶活性的影响

以小麦（Triticum aestivum L.）品种石4185为材料,研究了45 ℃处理0～120 min对小麦未成熟籽粒谷甘胱肽转移酶（GST）、谷胱甘肽还原酶（GR）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）和过氧化物酶（POD）活性, 超微弱发光,种子萌发和愈伤组织诱导的影响.结果表明,热休克处理使未成熟籽粒萌发率、愈伤组织诱导率和GST活性明显增加,且其作用随处理时间的延长而增大;在处理过程中, CAT活性先减少后增加,热休克对GR活性无明显影响.GST的活性与蛋白质质量分数呈显著正相关.     

Antioxidant and glutathione-related enzymatic activities in rat sciatic nerve

The present work tries to establish the antioxidant capacity of the peripheral nervous tissue of the rat, in terms of the enzymatic activities present in this tissue that either prevent the formation of activated species as the semiquinone radical (DT-diaphorase), protect against activated oxygen species (superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase), conjugate natural toxic products or xenobiotics (glutathione S-transferases, especially the activity conjugating 4-hydroxy-nonenal), or complete the glutathione system metabolism (glutathione disulfide reductase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase). All the activities studied are lower in this tissue than they are in liver, except for γ-glutamyl transpeptidase. The relevance of the results obtained and its possible relationship with different neuropathies is discussed. It is concluded that the peripheral nervous tissue is by far less protected than the liver against oxidative damage.     

谷胱甘肽S转移酶M1基因缺失与喉癌易患性的相关性研究

目的 :建立聚合酶链反应 (PCR)方法检测谷胱甘肽 S转移酶 (GST) M1基因 ,并探讨 GST M1基因缺失 (无效基因型 )与喉癌易患性的相关性。方法 :观察组选择确诊的喉癌 4 2例 ,正常对照组 10 8例 ;取被检者外周静脉血白细胞 ,抽提制备脱氧核糖核苷酸 (DNA) ;选择优化后的 PCR反应体系和循环参数扩增 GSTM1,扩增后的基因产物用 2 %琼脂糖凝胶电泳 ,紫外线灯下观察并记录结果。结果 :(1)成功建立聚合酶链反应结合琼脂糖凝胶电泳技术检测 GSTM1基因的方法。(2 )喉癌组 GST M1基因缺失率 (71.4 % )明显高于正常对照组 (48.1% )显示两组之间差异存在显著性 (χ2 =6 .6 1,P<0 .0 5 )。结论 :(1)聚合酶链反应是一种简单敏感 ,准确可靠的分析 GST M1基因多态性的方法。 (2 )该地区 GST M1基因缺失与喉癌的易患性相关联     

Antioxidant enzyme systems in skeletal muscle atrophied by immobilization

To clarify the mechanism of oxidative stress in skeletal muscle atrophied by immobilization, we investigated the change of antioxidant enzyme activities in a typical slow red muscle, the soleus. Atrophied soleus muscles were collected from male Wistar rats (16 weeks old), one ankle joint of which had been immobilized in the fully extended position for 7 days. Also, soleus muscles were collected from intact age-matched rats as control. The activities of Mn-containing superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD), Cu,Zn-containing superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD), Se-dependent glutathione peroxidase (Se-GSHPx), glutathione S-transferase (GST), catalase, and glutathione reductase (GSSGRx) were measured. The activities of Cu,Zn-SOD, GST, and GSSGRx were significantly higher in atrophied muscles, while the others were unchanged. Increased Cu,Zn-SOD and unchanged Mn-SOD levels might reflect increased generation of superoxide anions in the cytoplasm rather than in the mitochondria. Owing to the enhancement of Cu,Zn-SOD and the unaltered Se-GSHPx and catalase activities, hydrogen peroxide is thought to be increased in the cytoplasm. Because there is also an increase of iron in the microsomes of atrophied muscles, the production of hydroxyl radicals, the most aggressive of radicals, might consequently be elevated.     

谷胱甘肽S-转肽酶基因多态性与动脉粥样硬化发病机制的研究

既往研究已表明谷胱甘肽S-转肽酶(GSTs)存在基因多态性,这种突变可增加人体对癌源性物质及炎症性疾病的敏感性.近年的研究结果提示GSTs基因多态性与动脉粥样硬化密切相关,这种相关性使我们从分子水平上探讨动脉粥样硬化的发病机制,从而达到基于个体基因型采取预防及治疗措施.     

HepG2 细胞谷胱甘肽含量和谷胱甘肽转移酶活力的诱导

目的：建立一种具有较高ＧＳＨ含量和ＧＳＴ活力的肝细胞系。方法：将ＨｅｐＧ２细胞在０．１,０．３,０．５ｍｇ／Ｌ浓度的ＣＤＤＰ间歇作用下传代１２个月后得到三种稳定的ＣＤＤＰ耐药细胞系ＨｅｐＧ２／ＣＤＤＰ０．１,ＨｅｐＧ２／ＣＤＤＰ０．３,ＨｅｐＧ２／ＣＤＤＰ０．５细胞的ＧＳＨ含量和ＧＳＴ活力,结果用显著性ｔ检验方法作统计学处理。结果：诱导刺激后的子代ＨｅｐＧ２／ＣＤＤＰ０．１,ＨｅｐＧ２／ＣＤＤＰ０     

Glutathione S-transferase activity in epithelial ovarian cancer: Association with response to chemotherapy and disease outcome

Background: Conflicting data have been reported about the associationbetween glutathione S-transferase (GST), a family of proteins implicated indetoxification of cytotoxic drugs in human ovarian in vitro models, andresponse to chemotherapy and prognosis in ovarian cancer patients. The aim ofthis study was to analyze the possible clinical role of GST activity in alarge series of primary ovarian cancer patients.Patients and methods: The study included a large series of primaryuntreated ovarian cancer patients who underwent cytoreductive surgery andchemotherapy and who were followed up in a single institution. GST activitylevels were assessed in tumor extracts by using a biochemical assay. A cut-offof 250 units of enzymatic activity was chosen according to the receiveroperating characteristics (ROC) curve.Results: GST activity levels were distributed in an asymmetrical manner(median: 266 units; range: 4–918 units) and did not seem to beassociated with stage, histopathological grading, ascites, or residual tumorafter surgery. Higher GST activity levels were found in patients who respondedto chemotherapy (median: 298 units, range: 50–691) than in those whoresponded only partially (median: 227 units, range: 19–747) or not atall to chemotherapy (median: 246 units, range: 4–811) (H = 7.02, P =0.029). Moreover, the percentage of cases with >250 units was significantlyhigher among complete responders (66%) than partial responders(37%) or non-responders (48%) (² = 7.32;P = 0.025). When multivariate analysis, including clinico-pathologicalparameters and GST activity status as predictors of response to chemotherapy,was carried out, residual tumor, stage and GST status retained independentpredictive value. Patients with high GST activity had more favourableprognosis than those with low GST activity. The median PFS was 42 months forpatients with high GST activity compared to 17 months for those with low GSTactivity (P = 0.037). The median overall survival was 72 months forhigh-GST-activity and42 months for low-GST-activity patients (P = 0.043). Substantially similarresults were obtained in the subgroup of stage II–III–IV ovariancancer patients. Multivariate analysis including the clinico-pathologicalparameters and GST activity status was performed in stage III–IV ovariancancer patients: Stage IV disease, residual tumor >2 cm, the presence ofascites and low GST activity status retained independent negative prognosticroles.Conclusion: A direct association between high GST activity and a betterclinical outcome in terms of response to chemotherapy and survival has beenobserved in a large series of primary untreated ovarian cancer patients. Theseresults, which are contrary to the expectations raised by in vitro studies,emphasize the need for caution when translating in vitro-generated hypothesesto the clinical setting.     

Inactivation of electrophilic metabolites by glutathione S-transferases and limitation of the system due to subcellular localization

Benzo(a)pyrene was activated to metabolites mutagenic for Salmonella typhimurium TA 98 by liver microsomes from control and phenobarbital treated mice. Under these conditions benzo(a)pyrene 4,5-oxide accounts for most of the mutagenicity. We have therefore investigated (1) the conjugation of benzo(a)pyrene 4,5-oxide with glutathione and (2) the effect of glutathione on the mutagenicity of benzo(a)pyrene.The spontaneous conjugation occurred only very slowly. The rate of this reaction was slightly augmented by microsomes and very greatly augmented by the cytosol fraction of liver homogenate. With respect to the mutagenicity of benzo(a)pyrene, glutathione had only a weak effect when benzo(a)pyrene was activated by microsomes in the absence of the cytosol fraction. In its presence, however, glutathione was able to strongly reduce the mutagenicity. But this reduction depended on the spatial relationship between microsomes and bacteria. The strongest inactivation was found when bacteria and microsomes were in separate agar layers. In contrast, no inactivation was observed when all the microsomes were in direct contact with the bacteria. When the test was performed according to the Ames procedure the topographical situation was intermediate: some microsomes were adsorbed onto the bacteria and some were free. Accordingly, the effect of glutathione was intermediate. When the premutagen trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo(a)pyrene was activated in the presence of the cytosol fraction, glutathione again reduced the mutagenicity, when microsomes and bacteria were separated from each other, but did not reduce the mutagenicity, when all the microsomes were bound to the bacteria.Obviously in the situation where a direct diffusion within the lipophilic environment from the site of formation to the target bacteria was physically possible the mutagenic metabolites diffused preferentially directly to the bacteria and not through the hydrophilic environment of the medium. Therefore they could not be inactivated by components of the cytosol fraction. This could be of significance also for the situation in the eucaryotic cell, since the endoplasmic reticulum is in direct contact with other cell structures such as the nuclear envelope. Thus, hydrophobic metabolites generated in the endoplasmic reticulum could reach such sites by lateral diffusion within the membranes. The observation that benzo(a)pyrene 4,5-oxide was a very good substrate for the cytosol localized glutathione S-transferase, but that it was not inactivated by this system when bacteria and microsomes were in direct contact, indicates that a severe limitation for the inactivation of benzo(a)pyrene metabolites by this enzyme is imposed by its localization in the cytosol.Presented at the Symposium Influence of Metabolic Activations and Inactivations on Toxic Effects held at the 18th Spring Meeting of the Deutsche Pharmakologische Gesellschaft, Section Toxicology, D-6500 Mainz, March 15, 1977     

Anticancer Drug Resistance of HeLa Cells Transfected With Rat Glutathione S-transferase pi Gene

Objective To establish a cytologic expressing system of rat glutathione S-transferase pi (GST-pi) cDNA for detecting the resistance of HeLa cells to anticancer drugs. Methods The assessment was made with various anticancer drugs (adriamycin, mitomycin, cisplatinum and vincristine) that showed different cytotoxicities in transfectant HeLa cells with pSV-GT containing rat GST-pi cDNA (HeLa/pSV-GT) or control pSV-neo (HeLa/pSV-neo). Expression levels of GST-pi mRNA in HeLa/pSV-GT and HeLa/pSV-neo were measured by in situ hybridization using Digoxin-labelled cDNA probe. Results HeLa/pSV-GT expressed significantly high degree of GST-pi mRNA, whereas both HeLa/pSV-neo and HeLa cells had very low expression. Cytotoxicities of HeLa/pSV-GT and HeLa/pSV-neo with 4 anticancer drugs were measured by MTT assay. Drug concentrations for yielding 50% inhibition (IC50) in HeLa/pSV-GT by adriamycin, mitomycin and cisplatinum were 70.13μg/mL, 10.95μg/mL and 16.52μg/mE respectively. In contrast, IC50 in HeLa/pSV-neo was 10.34μg/mL, 7.48μg/mL and 13.70μg/mE respectively. The cytotoxicities of vincristine on both HeLa/pSV-GT and HeLa/pSV-neo were not significantly different. Conclusions Our findings suggest that HeLa/pSV-GT containing rat GST-pi cDNA is resistant to some anticancer drugs due to overexpression of GST-pi. Also, HeLa/pSV-GT cell line could serve as a useful cytogenetic model for further research.