Clinical Significance of Programmed Cell Death 5 Protein in Serum of Patients with Lung Cancer / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical significance of programmed cell death 5 (PDCD5) protein in serum of pa-tients with lung cancer. METHODS:80 lung cancer inpatients were selected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University School of Medicine(hereinafter referred to asour hospital)as lung cancer group;60 healthy volunteers were selected from our hospital at the same period as normal group. ELISA was used to test the expression of PDCD5 protein,and the relationship of PDCD5 protein with clinical pathological features of lung cancer patients were analyzed. RESULTS:The expression of PDCD5 pro-tein in normal group was significantly higher than lung cancer group,with statistical significance (P0.05);it was de-creased as the decrease of tumor differentiation degree,with statistical significance(P<0.05). The expression of PDCD5 protein in patients with carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA)<5.6μmol/L was significantly higher than those with CEA≥5.6μmol/L;the expres-sion of PDCD5 protein in patients with cytokeratin 19 soluble fragment (CYFRA21-1)<5.6 μmol/L was significantly higher than those with CYFRA21-1≥5.6 μmol/L,with statistical significance(P<0.05). The expression of PDCD5 protein in patients with Ⅰ-Ⅱ stage lung cancer was significantly higher than Ⅲ-Ⅳ stage lung cancer patients;the expression of PDCD5 protein in patients without distant metastasis was significantly higher than those with distant metastasis. The expression of PDCD5 protein was in de-creasing as the increase of the number of metastasis site,with statistical significance(P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:PDCD5 protein in serum of patients with lung cancer shows low expression level,which is related to tumor differentiation degree,tumor marker level as CEA and CYFRA21-1,tumor stage and distant metastasis,etc. The detection of PDCD5 protein may contribute to clinical diagnosis of lung cancer.

Clinical value of serum COX-2 in predicting patients′ responses to targeted therapy for advanced NSCLC / 实用医学杂志

Objective To explore the clinical value of expression levels of serum COX-2 in patients with advanced NSCLC before and after EGFR-TKI treatment. Methods The serum was collected from 58 cases. Before and after targeted therapy , the serum COX-2 level was examined by ELISA. Meanwhile , CT scan was exercised to evaluate the treatment. Follow-up interview was done. The relationship among the change in expression level of serum COX-2 , efficacy and PFS was analyzed. Results The serum COX-2 level significantly decreased in the response group (t = 11.258, P = 0.000) and increased in the PD group (t = -7.759, P =0.000) after EGFR-TKI treatment, and not significantly changed in the SD group (t = 1.424, P = 0.170). Before treatment, the baseline serum COX-2 level in the response group was significantly higher than that in the SD group and the PD group (F = 20.852, P = 0.000 ). Before the targeted therapy, the higher the level of serum COX-2 was, the longer PFS patients would enjoy. Conclusion Detection of the serum COX-2 contributes to the judgment of therapeutic effect of EGFR-TKI and can be used as a prediction of EGFR-TKI drugs outcomes for patients with advanced NSCLC.

Adenoviral transduction of endostatin gene prevents the liver metastasis of colorectal carcinoma in postoperation / 中华外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the prevention of colorectal cancer liver metastasis by adenoviral transduction of the endostatin gene.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The recombinant adenovirus expressing endostatin was constructed. Its biological activities were surveyed in vitro, as determined in human umbilicus vein endothelium cell (HUVEC) proliferation inhibition, and in vivo, by reduction of liver metastasis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>HUVEC proliferation was obviously inhibited by the infecting supernatant of recombinant adenovirus. Persistent high serum levels of endostatin in peripheral blood, especially in the liver vein were observed. The production of liver metastasis was intervened.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The single injection in the vein of the recombinant adenovirus realizes the high effective and stable expression of endostatin in general body and liver, which brings about the ideal prevention of liver metastasis.</p>

The detection of postoperative hematogenous dissemination of colorectal cancer / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective　 To study the significance of monitoring postoperative hematogenous micrometastasis of colorectal cancer．　 Methods　 The micrometastatic cancer cells in peripheral blood and bone marrow of the perioperative patients were investigated by CK20 mRNA RT-PCR.　 Results　 The positive rates(16.3%) of hematogenous dissemination without relapse or metastasis after operation were significantly lower than that(88.9%) in patients with postoperative relapse or metastasis. There were four types of hematogenous dissemination. (1) Postoperative temporary negatives.(2)Consistant positives. (3) CK-20 turned positive postoperatively. (4) Consistant negatives. All the 6 patients that died had positive CK-20 preoperatively.　 Conclusions　 The hematogenous dissemination of colorectal cancer plays an important role in postoperative relapse. The dynamic monitoring of CK-20 predicts hematogenous dissemination of colorectal cancer.

Adenoviral transducted endostatin gene prevents postoperative recurrence of colorectal carcinoma / 中国普通外科杂志

ObjectiveTo explore the recurrence inhibition of colorectal cancer by adenoviral transducted endostatin gene. Methods The recombinant adenovirus expressing endostatin was constructed. Its biological activities were observed. The levels of endostatin in mice peripheral blood, tumor local recurrence and tumor cell apotosis were analyzed after the endostatin gene transduction by adenovirus. Results The infecting supernatant of recombinant adenovirus significantly inhibited HUVEC proliferation. After the injection of the recombinant adenovirus, persistent high serum levels of endostatin in peripheral blood was observed, local recurrence rate decreased, and apotosis of recurrence tumor cells increased.Conclusions The intraveneously injection of recombinant adenovirus mediated endostatin gene produces high concentration and stable expression of endostatin,which effects prevention of local recurrence after surgical resection of colorectal cancer.