简介:AIM:ToinvestigatetheeffectofhepatitisBvirus(HBV)XgeneonapoptosisandexpressionsofapoptosisfactorsinXgene-transfectedHepG2cells.METHODS:TheHBVXgeneeukaryonexpressionvectorpcDNVA3-XwastransientlytransfectedintoHepG2cellsbylipid-mediatransfection.UntransfectedHepG2andHepG2transfectedwithpcDNA3wereusedascontrols.ExpressionofHBxinHepG2wasidentifiedbyPT-PCR.MTTandTUNELwereemployedtomeasureproliferationandapoptosisofcellsin.threegroups.Semi-quantifiedRT-PCRwasusedtoevaluatetheexpressionlevelsofFas/FasL,Bax/Bcl-xL,andc-mycineachgroup.RESULTS:HBVXgenewastransfectedintoHepG2cellssuccessfully.RT-PCRshowedthatHBxwasonlyexpressedinHepG2/pcDNA3-Xcells,butnotexpressedinHepG2andHepG2/pcDNA3cells.AnalyzedbyMTT,cellproliferationcapacitywasobviouslylowerinHepG2/pcDNA3-Xcells(0.08910±0.003164)thaninHepG2(0.14410±0.004927)andHepG2/pcDNA3cells(0.12150±0.007159)(P<0.05andP<0.01).AnalyzedbyTUNEL,cellapoptosiswasmuchmoreinHepG2/pcDNA3-Xcells(980/2000)thanHepG2(420/2000),HepG2/pcDNA3cells(520/2000)(P<0.05andP<0.01).Evaluatedbysemi-quantifiedRT-PCR,theexpressionlevelofFas/FasLwassignificantlyhigherinHepG2cellstransfectedwithHBxthaninHepG2andHepG2/pcDNA3cells(P<0.05andP<0.01).Bax/Bcl-xLexpressionlevelwasalsoelevatedinHepG2/pcDNA3-Xcells(P<0.05andP<0.01).Expressionofc-mycwasmarkedlyhigherinHepG2/pcDNA3-XcellsthaninHepG2andHepG2/pcDNA3cells(P<0.05andP<0.01).CONCLUSION:HBVXgenecanimpaircellproliferationcapacity,improvecellapoptosis,andupregulateexpressionofapoptosisfactors.TheinterventionofHBVXgeneontheexpressionofapoptosisfactorsmaybeapossiblemechanismresponsibleforthechangeincellapoptosisandproliferation.
简介:AIM:RecombinedplasmidpETNF-P16wasconstructedtoinvestigateitsexpressionpropertiesinesophagealsquamouscarcinomacelllineEC9706inducedbyX-rayirradiationandthefeasibilityofgene-radiotherapyforesophagealcarcinoma.METHODS:RecombinedplasmidpETNF-P16wasconstructedandtransfectedintoEC9706cellswithlipofectamine.ELISA,Westernblot,andimmunocytochemistrywereperformedtodeterminetheexpressionpropertiesofpETNF-P16inEC9706aftertransfectioninducedbyX-rayirradiation.RESULTS:EukaryoticexpressionvectorpETNF-P16wassuccessfullyconstructedandtransfectedintoEC9706cells.TNFαexpressionsweresignificantlyincreasedinthetransfectedcellsafterdifferentdosesofX-rayirradiationthaninthoseafter0Gyirradiation(1192.330-2026.518pg/mL,P<0.05-0.01),andtheTNFαexpressionsandP16weresignificantlyhigher6-48hafter2GyX-rayirradiation(358.963-585.571pg/mL,P<0.05-0.001).NoP16expressionwasdetectedinnormalEC9706cells.However,therewasstrongexpressioninthetransfectedandirradiationgroups.CONCLUSION:X-rayirradiationinductioncouldsignificantlyenhanceTNFαandP16expressioninEC9706cellstransfectedwithpETNF-P16plasmid.Theseresultsmayprovideimportantexperimentaldataandtherapeuticpotentialforgene-radiotherapyofesophagealcarcinoma.
简介:观察普通干扰素α-2b联合阿德福韦酯治疗HBeAg阳性慢性乙型肝炎患者的疗效和安全性。方法采用随机、开放、多中心对照临床试验研究,纳入87例HBeAg阳性慢性乙型肝炎患者,将其随机分为普通干扰素α-2b治疗组32例,给予注射600万单位普通干扰素α-2b,1次/隔日,疗程48w;阿德福韦酯治疗组27例,给予阿德福韦酯10mg口服,1次/d,疗程72w;和联合治疗组28例,同时给予普通干扰素α-2b,48w和阿德福韦酯72w。每隔12w检测各组患者ALT、血清HBV标志物和HBVDNA水平。结果干扰素单药治疗、阿德福韦酯单药治疗和联合治疗组患者平均年龄分别为(31.8±6.6)岁、(34.2±6.4)岁和(30.5±7.2)岁,基线HBVDNA水平分别为(7.68±1.56)log10IU/ml、(7.61±2.00)log10IU/ml和(7.80±1.79)log10IU/ml,三组患者间两指标无统计学差异(P〉0.05);三组间性别构成和基线ALT水平亦无显著统计学差异(P〉0.05);在治疗72w时,干扰素单药治疗和阿德福韦酯单药治疗患者HBeAg转阴率分别为41%和19%,HBVDNA转阴率分别为53%和63%,ALT复常率分别为63%和67%,HBsAg血清学转换率为0.0%,均显著低于联合治疗组患者(57%、89%、93%和14%,P〈0.05)。结论在病毒抑制、转氨酶复常和血清学转换率方面,普通干扰素α-2b与阿德福韦酯联合治疗HBeAg阳性慢性乙型肝炎患者72w的疗效明显优于两药单独应用的效果。