简介:Activationofthephosphoinositide3kinase(PI3K)/Akt/mammaliantargetofrapamycin(mTOR)pathwayiscommoninbreastcancer.Thereispreclinicaldatatosupportinhibitionofthepathway,andphaseⅠtoⅢtrialsinvolvinginhibitorsofthepathwayhavebeenorarebeingconductedinsolidtumorsandbreastcancer.Everolimus,anmTORinhibitor,iscurrentlyapprovedforthetreatmentofhormonereceptor(HR)-positive,humanepidermalgrowthfactorreceptor2(HER2)-negativebreastcancer.Inthisreview,wesummarisetheefficacyandtoxicityfindingsfromtherandomisedclinicaltrials,withsimplifiedguidelinesonthemanagementofpotentialadverseeffects.Educationofhealthcareprofessionalsandpatientsiscriticalforsafetyandcompliance.WhilethereissomeclinicalevidenceofactivityofmTORinhibitioninHR-positiveandHER2-positivebreastcancers,thebenefitsmaybemorepronouncedinselectedsubsetsratherthanintheoverallpopulation.FurtherdevelopmentofpredictivebiomarkerswillbeusefulintheselectionofpatientswhowillbenefitfrominhibitionofthePI3K/Akt/mTOR(PAM)pathway.
简介:目的分析甲状腺结节细针穿刺细胞学检查(fine—needleaspirationbiopsy,FNAB)的应用价值。方法回顾性分析578例行FNAB检查患者的临床病理资料。应用Bethesda报告系统诊断分类,对其中手术治疗的132例患者的组织病理与细胞病理进行对照。结果132例患者的FNAB检查结果应用Bethesda报告系统诊断分类,将标本分为6类,分别是:标本无法诊断占7.6%;良性病变占43.2%;意义不明确的细胞非典型病变占19.7%;滤泡性肿瘤及可疑滤泡性肿瘤占5.3%;可疑恶性肿瘤占6.8%;恶性肿瘤占17.4%。将FNAB检查结果与组织病理对照后发现:甲状腺结节细针穿刺判断甲状腺良恶性结节的灵敏度及特异度分别为81.1%和97.6%,阳性预测值为93.8%。结论甲状腺细针穿刺对于鉴别甲状腺良恶性结节是可靠的方法。
简介:Objective:Polycystickidneydisease(PKD)isthemajorcauseofkidneyfailureandmortalityinhumans.Ithasalwaysbeensuspectedthatthedevelopmentofcystickidneydiseasesharesfeatureswithtumorigenesis,althoughtheevidenceisunclear.Methods:Wecrossedp53mutantmice(p53N236S,p53S)withWernersyndromemiceandanalyzedthepathologicalphenotypes.TheRNA-seq,ssGSEAanalysis,andreal-timePCRwereperformedtodissectthegenesignaturesinvolvedinthedevelopmentofdiseasephenotypes.Results:Wefoundenlargedkidneyswithfluid-filledcystsinoffspringmicewithagenotypeofG3mTerc-/-WRN-/-p53S/S(G3TM).PathologyanalysisconfirmedtheoccurrenceofPKD,anditwashighlycorrelatedwiththeincidenceoftumorigenesis.RNA-seqdatarevealedthegenesignaturesinvolvedinPKDdevelopment,anddemonstratedthatPKDandtumorigenesissharedcommonpathways,includingcomplementpathways,lipidmetabolism,mitochondriaenergyhomeostasisandothers.Interestingly,thisG3TMPKDandtheclassicalPKD1/2deficientPKDsharedcommonpathways,possiblybecausethemutantp53ScouldregulatetheexpressionlevelsofPKD1/2,Pkhd1,andHnf1b.Conclusions:WeestablishedadualmousemodelforPKDandtumorigenesisderivedfromabnormalcellularproliferationandtelomeredysfunction.TheinnovativepointofourstudyistoreportPKDoccurringinconjunctionwithtumorigenesis.ThegenesignaturesrevealedmightshednewlightonthepathogenesisofPKD,andprovidenewmolecularbiomarkersforclinicaldiagnosisandprognosis.
简介:Objective:Avarietyofionchannelshavebeenimplicatedinbreastcancerproliferationandmetastasis.VoltagegatedK+(Kv)channelsnotonlycauserepolarizationinexcitablecells,butarealsoinvolvedinmultiplecellularfunctionsinnon-excitablecells.InthisstudyweinvestigatedtheroleofKvchannelsinmigrationofBT474breastcancercells.Methods:Transwelltechniquewasusedtoseparatemigratorycellsfromnon-migratoryonesandthesetwogroupsofcellsweresubjecttoelectrophysiologicalexaminationsandmicrofluorimetricmeasurementsforcytosolicCa2+.CellmigrationwasexaminedintheabsenceorpresenceofKvchannelblockers.Results:Whencomparedwithnon-migratorycells,migratorycellshadmuchhigherKvcurrentdensities,butratherunexpectedly,moredepolarizedmembranepotentialandreducedCa2+influx.Reversetranscriptasepolymerasechainreaction(RT-PCR)analysisrevealedthepresenceofKv1.1,Kv1.3,Kv1.5,Kv2.1,Kv3.3,Kv3.4andKv4.3channels.Cellmigrationwasmarkedlyinhibitedbytetraethylammonium(TEA),adelayedrectifierKvchannelblocker,butnotby4-aminopyridine,anA-typeKvchannelblocker.Conclusions:Takentogether,ourresultsshowthatincreasedKvchannelexpressionplayedaroleinBT474cellmigration,andKvchannelscouldbeconsideredasbiomarkersorpotentialtherapeutictargetsforbreastcancermetastasis.Themechanism(s)bywhichKvchannelsenhancedmigrationappearedunrelatedtomembranehyperpolarizationandCa2+influx.
简介:Objective:Tounderstandwhetherverapamil(VER)resistancedevelopmentinthemultidrug-resistantcelllineanditsmechanism.Methods:K562/ADM/VERcellsublineresistanttoverapamilwasestablishedthroughagradualincreaseofVERconcentrationinthemedia.MTTmethodwasusedtoassayresistancetoVER,crossresistancetodipyriamole(DPM),cyclosporinA(CsA)inthecells,andHPLCandspectrofluorometertodetectintracellularaccumulationofVERorADMrespectively,aswellasS-Pimmunocytochemicaltechniquefordetectionofgenesexpression.Results:Itwereobservedthat7.9-foldincreaseinVERresistance,significantlyreducedintracellularaccumulationofVERorADMandalsodevelopacrossresistancetoDPMandCsAinK562/ADM/VERcells,comparedwithitsparentcell,K562/ADM.High-levelofp-glycoprotein(pgp),middle-levelofp53,p16,waspresentintwocelllineswithoutexpressionofGSTPI,C-myc,C-myc,C-fosandC-erbB-2.Bc1-2proteinexpressionwasfoundonlyinK562/ADMcells.Conclusion:K562/ADMcellswerecapableofbeinginducedtodevelopresistancetoVER.
简介:目的评价髓核摘除联合K-Rod动态固定治疗腰椎间盘突出症的临床疗效及影像学变化。方法2009年1月至2011年11月,对39例单节段或双节段腰椎间盘突出症患者分别采用髓核摘除联合K-Rod动态固定(A组,19例)和经椎间孔椎体间融合(transforaminallumbarinterbodyfusion,TLIF)(B组,20例)治疗。两组患者一般资料比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),有可比性。手术前后采用疼痛视觉模拟评分(visualanaloguescale,VAS)及Oswestry功能障碍指数(oswestrydisabilityindex,ODI)进行比较评价,并动态观察术后责任椎间隙高度及腰椎活动度变化情况。结果A组随访时间18~32个月,平均22个月;B组随访时间18~37个月,平均23个月。末次随访两组患者腰腿痛症状明显改善。A组末次随访时VAS为1.16±0.50,ODI为(3.72±3.63)%,较术前VAS5.52±1.58及ODI(50.83±20.28)%有明显降低(P<0.001);B组末次随访时VAS为2.13±0.69,ODI为(18.61±4.07)%,较术前VAS6.50±1.21及ODI(60.56±9.92)%有明显降低(P<0.001)。A组术后手术节段ROM减小,但末次随访时已恢复至术前近60%,B组术后手术节段将为0°。两组相邻节段及腰椎总活动度维持在术前水平。A组末次随访时手术节段椎间隙高度较术前降低约10%,但术后维持在一个较稳定的水平。两组相邻椎间隙高度无明显差异。两组均未见内固定松动、物断裂等情况。结论与融合相比,K-Rod系统保留了腰椎生理曲度和固定节段的活动度,对相邻节段退变无明显影响,短期临床疗效满意,长期疗效有待进一步观察。
简介:Objective:TostudythedifferencesandsimilaritiesoftheantisensedrugswithdifferentstructuresonthebiologicalfunctionsofK562cells.Methods:Cytotoxiceffectsweremeasuredbyuseofacellviabilityassay.FlowcytometricanalysisandagarosegelelectrophoresisofDNAfragmentationwerealsoperformed.Theexpressionlevelofproteinwasassayedbyimmunofluorescenceusingfluoresceisothiocyanatelabel.Results:PNAtargetingthecodingregionoftheBcl-2messengerRNAcouldeffectivelyinhibitK562cellviability,down-regulatethesynthesisoftheBcl-2proteinandincreasecellapoptosis.By72haftertheBcl-2antisensePNAtreatment,K562cellsshowedmorereductioninthelevelofBcl-2proteincomparedwithcellstreatedwiththeantisenseODN.Aftertreatmentwith10μmol/LofBcl-2antisensePNAorantisenseODNfor72h,apoptoticratesofK562cellswere13.15±1.13and11.72±1.12,respectively.Furthermore,therewassignificantdifferenceinthepercentageofapoptoticcellsbetweenantisensePNAgroupandantisenseODNgroup.Conclusion:TheresultssuggestthatantisensePNAtargetingthecodingregionofBcl-2mRNAhasbetterantisenseeffectsthantheantisenseoligonucleotidesoninducingapoptosisofK562cells.
简介:脑胶质瘤是最常见的颅内原发性肿瘤,因多数呈浸润性生长,治疗效果不佳,寻找有效的治疗手段势在必行。目前研究表明,胶质瘤的恶性进展涉及信号转导通路的异常,这为开辟新的治疗手段提供了新思路。现已初步证实,磷酸磷脂酰肌醇-3-羟基激酶信号转导通路异常与胶质瘤的发生、发展关系最为密切,故本文着重对该通路的相关内容作简要介绍。
简介:目的将在对待matrine的K562房间上调查CGI-100-击倒的K562房间的特征和CGI-100RNA干扰(RNAi)的效果。指向CGI-100基因和与一个不同序列包含一样的核苷酸作文的一双否定控制的三oligonucleotides被设计并且化学上综合了的方法。由在K562房间的shRNA-CGI-100的CGI-100表示的抑制效率用semiquantitativeRT-PCR和点污点杂交被决定。K562房间的生长上的CGI-100RNAi的效果用MTT试金被检验,房间区别被不同途径包括流动cytometry,benzidine染色和电子显微镜测量。在CGI-100-konckdownK562细胞为48h与matrine的0.2mg/ml或hemin的30mol/L被孵化以后,GlycophorinA(GPA)(CD235a)和生长因素independence-1BmRNA(Gfi-1BmRNA)的表示层次被RT-PCR和GPA的蛋白质层次测量,CD14和CD15被流动cytometry检测。结果CGI-100RNAi的真核细胞的表示向量成功地被构造。K562/shRNA-CGI-100房间线在由shRNA-CGI-100的CGI-100基因表示的抑制效率在哪个是54%被建立。CGI-100-knockdown禁止了增长并且在K562房间导致了erythroid区别。与控制K562房间相比,K562/shRNA-CGI-100房间证明减少的吸收度价值由MTT试金,减少的enchromation,增加的heterochromation,G0/G1阶段房间的增加的百分比,S阶段房间的减少的人口,减少的PI(房间的增长索引),和benzidine积极的房间的提高的百分比检测了。而且,到matrine或hemin的K562/shRNA-CGI-100房间的敏感被提高,到matrine的这些房间的敏感对hemin比那高。与控制K562房间相比,在K562/shRNA-CGI-100房间的matrine处理导致了增长,benzidine积极的房间的提高的百分比,GPA和Gfi-1B的显然起来调整的mRNA表达式,和GPA的增加的吝啬的荧光紧张(MFI)的增加的禁止的率。没有CD14表示被检测,没有统计意义被作出对有利的裁决检测CD15。最后,在与hemin对待并�
简介:Objective:ToinvestigatetheeffectsofCAL-101,particularlywhencombinedwithbortezomib(BTZ)onmantlecelllymphoma(MCL)cells,andtoexploreitsrelativemechanisms.Methods:MTTassaywasappliedtodetecttheinhibitoryeffectsofdifferentconcentrationsofCAL-101.MCLcellsweredividedintofourgroups:controlgroup,CAL-101group,BTZgroup,andCAL-101/BTZgroup.TheexpressionofPI3K-p110σ,AKT,ERK,p-AKTandp-ERKweredetectedbyWesternblot.TheapoptosisratesofCAL-101group,BTZgroup,andcombinationgroupweredetectedbyflowcytometry.Thelocationchangesofnuclearfactorkappa-B(NF-κB)of4groupswasinvestigatedbyNF-κBKitexploring.Westernblotwasappliedtodetectthelevelsofcaspase-3andthephosphorylationofAKTindifferentgroups.Results:CAL-101dose-andtime-dependentlyinducedreductioninMCLcellviability.CAL-101combinedwithBTZenhancedthereductionincellviabilityandapoptosis.WesternblotanalysisshowedthatCAL-101significantlyblockedthePI3K/AKTandERKsignalingpathwayinMCLcells.ThecombinationtherapycontributedtotheinactivationofNF-κBandAKTinMCLcelllines.However,cleavedcaspase-3wasup-regulatedaftercombinedtreatment.Conclusion:OurstudyshowedthatPI3K/p110σisanoveltherapeutictargetinMCL,andtheunderlyingmechanismcouldbetheblockingofthePI3K/AKTandERKsignalingpathways.ThesefindingsprovidedabasisforclinicalevaluationofCAL-101andarationaleforitsapplicationincombinationtherapy,particularlywithBTZ.
简介:目的研究C02对宫颈癌Hela细胞株CDK9基因表达的影响,分析其在癌细胞生长与转移中的作用。方法将宫颈癌Hela细胞株随机分为3组:A组Hela细胞株在压力为8mmHg的纯C02下通气4h,培养24h;B组Hela细胞株在压力为8mmHg的纯C02下通气4h,培养120h;C组Hela细胞株未进行C02处理,细胞株置于常规细胞培养箱中培养120h。采用RT-PCR法检测A、B、C组宫颈癌Hela细胞CDK9mRNA的表达。结果A、B组与C组比较,A、B组CDK9mRNA的相对表达量明显下调(P〈0.05);B组与A组比较,B组CDK9mRNA的相对表达量比A组下调更显著(P〈0.01)。结论宫颈癌Hela细胞CDK9基因在C02作用下受抑制出现表达下调,且随C02作用时间越长,CDK9基因相对表达量降低越明显。
简介:PI3K/Akt信号通路是许多细胞外因子的下游信号传导通路,在细胞生长、增殖、分化和凋亡中起到重要作用,该通路异常广泛存在于许多恶性肿瘤中,与肿瘤发生、发展密切相关。在子宫内膜癌发生发展中,PI3K/Akt信号传导通路异常起到重要的作用,通过对该通路的进一步研究,可能为子宫内膜癌的发生机制、诊断以及为临床靶向治疗提供新的思路。
简介:目的评价高频彩超检查对腮腺肿块的诊断及鉴别诊断的价值。方法应用高频彩超对58例腮腺肿块的患者进行检查,并结合病理检查结果分析、总结腮腺肿块的超声图像特征。结果高频彩超检查对腮腺肿块的总检出率为100%,对腮腺良、恶性肿块的诊断符合率分别为87.2%、68.4%,其中腮腺囊肿诊断符合率为100%。二维超声检查中腮腺良、恶性肿块在形态、边界、边缘和内部回声方面的差异均有统计学意义(P〈0.05)。彩色多普勒血流显像对腮腺良、恶性肿块血流信号的检出率分别为82.1%、94.7%。以收缩期峰值流速≥23.8cm/s作为诊断腮腺恶性肿块阈值的标准,脉冲多普勒诊断的敏感度和特异度分别为73.7%和71.8%;以阻力指数≥0.68(除混合瘤外)作为诊断腮腺恶性肿块阈值的标准,其诊断敏感度和特异度分别为73.3%和85.0%。结论高频彩超检查对腮腺肿块的检出率及诊断符合率均较高,对腮腺肿块的定性诊断有重要的临床应用价值。