作者机构：
[Lin, Guoqiang; Jiang, Haihe; Chen, Shengxi] Zhongnan Univ, Xiangya Hosp, Xiangya Med Coll, Changsha 410008, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Li, Yingqiu] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Coll Basic Med, Changsha 410007, Hunan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Jiang, Haihe] Z;Zhongnan Univ, Xiangya Hosp, Xiangya Med Coll, Changsha 410008, Hunan, Peoples R China.
关键词：
Carcinoma, non-small-cell lung;Syndrome differ treatment;Medicine, Chinese traditional;Chemotherapy;Prognosis
摘要：
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of integrated Chinese-Western therapy versus Western therapy alone on the survival rate of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at middle-late stage and to evaluate prognostic factors. METHODS: We selected 98 inpatients with middle-late stage NSCLC diagnosed from March 2009 to March 2011 and randomly divided them into two groups, with 49 cases in each group, and the clinical data were analyzed retrospectively.The control group was treated by the combined methods of Western Medicine, including chemotherapy, supportive treatment and symptomatic treatment. The observation group was treated by injection and prescriptions of Chinese medicine based on Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome differentiation and by the same combined methods of western treatment used in the control group. After treatment, the survival rates of the patients were compared by the stage of cancer and evaluation of 24 prognostic factors analyzed by a Cox regressionmodel, and the clinical data were statistically analyzed. RESULTS: The survival rates of all patients were over 90.0% at 1 and 3 months after treatment with no significant differences between the two groups (P>0.05); In the observation group the survival rates at 6 months and 1 year were 93.4% and 42.8%, respectively, being superior to 85.6% and 18.3% in the control group (P<0.05). The median survival time in the observation group was superior to the control group (P<0.05); The effects of 24 prognostic factors were significantly better in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Integrated Chinese-western therapy can significantly improve the survival rate in patients with middle-late stage NSCLC and improve prognostic factors compared with western therapy alone.
作者机构：
[Zhou, Fangliang; Zhang, Bo; Wei, Zheng; Zhang, Jian; Zhou, Chang; Xiang, Shuanglin; Wang, Fangmei; Hu, Xiang; Yang, Zijian; Wang, Guangwei; Ding, Xiaofeng; Zhou, Jianlin] Hunan Normal Univ, Key Lab Prot Chem & Dev Biol, State Educ Minist China, Coll Life Sci, Changsha 410081, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Zhou, Fangliang; Zhang, Bo] Hunan Univ Chinese Med, Coll Basic Med Sci, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Yang, Junmei; Wang, Guangwei] Hunan Normal Univ, Sch Med, Changsha 410081, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Xiang, Shuanglin] Hunan Normal Univ, Key Lab Prot Chem & Dev Biol, State Educ Minist China, Coll Life Sci, Lushan Rd 14, Changsha 410081, Hunan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Xiang, Shuanglin] H;Hunan Normal Univ, Key Lab Prot Chem & Dev Biol, State Educ Minist China, Coll Life Sci, Lushan Rd 14, Changsha 410081, Hunan, Peoples R China.
关键词：
EGF receptor substrate 8;glioma;cellular growth;lentiviral RNAi system;extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase;phosphorylated serine-threonine protein kinase Akt;beta-catenin
摘要：
Eps8 was initially identified as a substrate of the epidermal growth factor receptor. Overexpression of Eps8 leads to increased mitogenic signaling and malignant transformation. However, little is known concerning the importance of Eps8 in human gliomas. In this study, we found that Eps8 was overexpressed in 56.6% of human gliomas (WHO grades III and IV) compared with adjacent normal brain tissues by immunohistochemical analysis. The U251 human glioma cell line stably expressing Eps8 was established by G418 screening, and the ectopic expression of Eps8 enhanced U251 glioma cell growth and survival by cell survival, MTT and liquid colony formation assays. By contrast, the lentiviral expression of Eps8 siRNA in SHG-44 cells resulted in a significant reduction in cellular growth and proliferation. Furthermore, Eps8 modulated the levels of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK), phosphorylated serine-threonine protein kinase Akt and β-catenin expression in glioma cell lines and tissues. These results suggest that Eps8 is overexpressed in human gliomas, and affects glioma cell growth possibly by regulating ERK and Akt/β-catenin signaling. Therefore, Eps8 may represent a novel potential target in human glioma therapy.
期刊：
DNA and Cell Biology,2013年32(6):302-309 ISSN：1044-5498
通讯作者：
Peng, Dan
作者机构：
[Xu, Min; Shen, Yi; Peng, Dan; Jin, Yi] Cent S Univ, Xiangya Hosp 2, Dept Orthoped, Changsha 410000, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Liang, Ying] Cent South Univ Forestry & Technol, Natl Engn Lab Rice & Byprod Deep Proc, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Xiao, Bowen] Cent Hosp Changsha, Thorac & Cardiovasc Surg Ward, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Lu, Jing] Hunan Univ Chinese Med, Sch Med, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Peng, Dan] C;Cent S Univ, Xiangya Hosp 2, Dept Orthoped, Changsha 410000, Hunan, Peoples R China.
摘要：
MicroRNAs are a class of small noncoding RNAs that function as critical gene regulators through targeting mRNAs for translational repression or degradation. In this study, we showed that miR-376c expression level was decreased while transforming growth factor-alpha (TGFA) mRNA expression levels were increased in osteosarcoma tissues and cell lines, and we identified TGFA as a novel direct target of miR-376c. Overexpression of miR-376c suppressed TGFA expression and the expression of its downstream signaling molecule such as epidermal growth factor receptor, and attenuated cell proliferation and invasion. Forced expression of TGFA could partly rescue the inhibitory effect of miR-376c in the cells. Taken together, these findings will shed light on the role and mechanism of miR-376c in regulating osteosarcoma cell growth via miR-376c/TGFA axis, and miR-376c may serve as a potential therapeutic target in osteosarcoma in the future.
作者机构：
[卢芳国] Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Preclinical Medicine College of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208
作者机构：
[Deng, Chang-Qing; Chen, Gang] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Pathophysiol Lab, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Wu, Lu] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Affiliated Tradit & Western Med Hosp 2, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Deng, Chang-Qing] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Pathophysiol Lab, Shaoshan Rd 113, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Deng, Chang-Qing] H;Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Pathophysiol Lab, Shaoshan Rd 113, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.
关键词：
BuYang HuanWu Decoction;Vascular smooth muscle cell;Platelet derived growth factor;Proliferating cell nuclear antigen;c-fos;CyclinD(1);Extracellular regulated protein kinases1/2;Mitogen-activated protein kinase;phosphatase-1
摘要：
Buyang Huanwu Decoction (BYHWD) was a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment and prevention of ischemic cardiovascular and cerebral disease. Previous studies had shown that BYHWD alkaloids and glycosides could inhibit intimal hyperplasia and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation after injury caused by balloon catheter. The present study aims to explore the mechanisms by which cell cycle was affected by BYHWD and its components. Primary rat VSMC was treated with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and cell cycle phase and extracellular-signal regulated protein kinase (ERK) transduction pathway factors were measured. PDGF-treated cells were associated with a significant increase in the number of cells in the G(2)/M phase and S phase, and in the expression of P-ERK1/2, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), c-fos, cyclinD(1) and cyclin-dependent kinase-4, as well as a decrease in the number of cells in the G(0)/C(1) phase, and in the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor P21 protein and mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 (MKP-1). Treatment with plasma of rats fed seven doses of BYHWD crude extract (22.2 g/kg), BYHWD alkaloids (1.66 g/kg), BYHWD glycosides (14.2 g/kg) or the negative control atorvastatin (20 mg/kg) inhibited these changes. All drug-containing plasma had similar activity to the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK)/ERK antagonist PD098059 which inhibited PDGF-induced expression of P-ERK1/2 and enhanced MKP-1. These suggest that BYHWD and its components may prevent VSMC proliferation by interfering with the ERK transduction pathway. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
摘要：
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is one of the most plentiful neuropeptides in the lung and it has anti-inflammatory effects in the respiratory system. Triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) and triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM-2) regulate immune responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In the present study, we tested the expressions of TREM-1 and TREM-2 in various pulmonary cell lines and/or tissue using an animal model of LPS-induced acute lung injury (ALI), and determined the effects of VIP on expression of the TREM-1 and TREM-2 in lung tissues and cells from ALI mice. We found 1) expression of the TREM-1 mRNA from lung tissues of ALI was significantly increased, whereas the expression of TREM-2 mRNA was decreased in these tissues; 2) TREM-1 mRNA was only expressed in macrophages, while TREM-2 mRNA was detected in HBECs, lung fibroblasts, lung adenocarcinoma cells and macrophages; 3) the ratio of TREM-1 mRNA to TREM-2 mRNA was increased in LPS-induced lung tissues and macrophages; 4) VIP inhibited expression of the TREM-1 mRNA in a time- and dose-dependent manner in lung cells from LPS-induced ALI mice; however, it increased expression of the TREM-2 mRNA. As a result of these effects, VIP normalized the ratio of TREM-1 to TREM-2 mRNA in these cells. Our results suggest that VIP might exert its anti-inflammatory effect through a mechanism involved in regulation of expression of the TREM-1 and TREM-2 in LPS-induced ALI.
作者机构：
[Wu, Lu] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Affiliated Tradit & Western Med Hosp 2, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Deng, Chang-Qing] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Sch Integrated Chinese & Western Med, Pathophysiol Lab, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Tang, Ying-Hong] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Dept Pharmacol, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Li, Hua; Zhang, Guo-Min; Chen, Bei-Yang] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Dept Pathol, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Deng, Chang-Qing] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Sch Integrated Chinese & Western Med, Pathophysiol Lab, Xiangzui Rd, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Deng, Chang-Qing] H;Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Sch Integrated Chinese & Western Med, Pathophysiol Lab, Xiangzui Rd, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.
关键词：
Total saponins of "panax notoginseng root";Atorvastatin;Vascular smooth muscle cell;Proliferating cell nuclear antigen;Cyclind D-1;Cycline;Extracellular matrix;Collagen I;Fibronectin;Matrix metalloproteinase-9;Tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-1
摘要：
Aim of the study: the effect of total saponins of "panax notoginseng root" on aortic intimal hyperplasia and the expressions of cell cycle protein and extracellular matrix in rats Materials and methods: Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham-operated, control, TSPN and atorvastatin group. Rat aorta intima in all groups were injured by insertion of domestic balloon catheter into the aortae except sham-operated rats. Drugs were administrated orally from the second day after vascular injury and continued for 14 days. The injured segments of aortae were collected on the sixteenth day after operation to observe the morphological changes of vascular structure and to examine the expressions of proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA), cyclinD1, cyclinE, collagen I(Col-I), fibronect(FN), matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-1(TIMP-1). Results: TPNS significantly inhibited the vascular intimal hyperplasia. TPNS significantly lowered the expression of PCNA, cyclinE, cyclinD1, FN and MMP-9. TPNS had no significant impacts on the expression of Col-I and TIMP-1. Conclusions: Our studies indicated that TSPN could inhibit vessel restenosis after vascular intimal injury, and its mechanisms may be related to the blockage of the excessive proliferation of VSMC, the reduction of ECM protein deposition in the endometrium, and the degradation of ECM protein. (C) 2009 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
摘要：
Although draft genome sequences of two of the major human schistosomes, Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni are available, the structures and characteristics of most genes and the influence of exogenous genes on the metabolism of schistosomes remain uncharacterized. Furthermore, which functional genomics approaches will be tractable for schistosomes are not yet apparent. Here, the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSVG)-pseudotyped pantropic retroviral vector pBABE-puro was modified to incorporate the human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene (hTERT) as a reporter, under the control of the retroviral long terminal repeat (LTR). Pseudotyped virions were employed to transduce S. japonicum to investigate the utility of retrovirus-mediated transgenesis of S japonicum and the activity of human telomerase reverse transcriptase as a reporter transgene in schistosomes. Schistosomules perfused from experimentally infected rabbits were cultured for 6 days after exposure to the virions after which genomic DNAs from virus exposed and control worms were extracted. Analysis of RNA from transduced parasites and immunohistochemistry of thin parasite sections revealed expression of hTERT in the transduced worms. Expression of hTERT was also confirmed by immunoblot analysis. These findings indicated that S. japonicum could be effectively transduced by VSVG-pseudotyped retrovirus carrying the hTERT gene. Given the potential of hTERT to aid in derivation of immortalized cells, these findings suggest that this pantropic retroviral approach can be employed to transduce cells from specific tissues and organs of schistosomes to investigate the influence of transgene hTERT on growth and proliferation of schistosome cells. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
作者机构：
[Li, Hua; Chen, Bei-Yang] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Dept Histol & Embryol, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Deng, Chang-Qing; Zhang, Shu-Ping; Liang, Yan] Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Lab Pathophysiol, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Li, Hua; Luo, Xue-Gang] Cent S Univ, Xiangya Sch Med, Dept Anat & Neurobiol, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Deng, Chang-Qing] H;Hunan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Lab Pathophysiol, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.
关键词：
Total saponins of Panax notoginseng;Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion;TUNEL;Caspase-1;Caspase-3;Caspase-8
摘要：
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Total saponins of Panax notoginseng (TSPN), main constituents extracted from Panax Notoginseng, a highly valued traditional Chinese medicine, have been shown to be an effective agent on cerebral infarction. Aim of the study: The effects of TSPN on apoptosis and expressions of caspase-1, caspase-3 and caspase-8 were studied after cerebral ischemia for 2 h followed by reperfusion for 46 h in rats. Materials and methods: Rats were subjected to transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model using the intraluminal thread. TSPN was administered intraperitoneally at 5 min before and 12 h, 24 h and 36 h after MCAO, respectively. Results: TSPN (at the dose of 25 mg/kg) significantly attenuated TUNEL-positive cells and reduced the expression of caspase-1 and caspase-3 compared to the model group, while it had no obvious effect on the expression of caspase-8. Conclusions: The neuroprotective effect of TSPN on focal ischemia may be related to inhibition of apoptosis and caspases activation. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
作者机构：
[李玲] Department of Microbiology, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, Hunan Province, China;College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, Hunan Province, China
通讯机构：
Department of Microbiology, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
