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Purpose To explore the expression of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), PI3K, AKT and NF-κB in cervical lesions, and to in-vestigate their association with human papillomavirus ( HPV) 16 infection. Methods Immunohistochemical SP staining was performed to detect the expression of TLR4, PI3K, AKT, NF-κB in paraffin-embedded cervical tissue specimens from Uighur women with chroni-cal cervicitis, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia ( CIN) and cervical squamous cell carcinoma ( CSCC) . The HPV 16 DNA was detected by PCR. Results The positive expression rates of TLR4, PI3K, AKT, NF-κB in chronical cervicitis, CIN and cervical cancer were 32. 0%, 59. 4%, 77. 8%, 28. 0%, 56. 3%, 73. 0%, 24. 0%, 56. 3%, 79. 4%, and 8. 0%, 48. 4%, 81. 0%, respectively. The expression of them was higher in cervicitis than in CIN and cevical cancer ( P<0. 05 ) . The positive expression rates of HPV 16 in three groups were 8. 0%, 48. 4% and 81. 0% (P<0. 05). The expression of TLR4, PI3K, NF-κB and HPV 16 was related to cervi-cal cancer differentiation (P<0. 05). PI3K and AKT were significantly correlated with FIGOs’ stages (P<0. 05). NF-κB was corre-lated with lymph node metastasis. The expression of TLR4 was significantly associated with HPV 16 infection in CIN and CSCC ( r=0. 303, P=0. 015, r=0. 633, P=0. 000), and correlation with PI3K in CIN and CSCC (r=0. 254, P=0. 045, r=0. 386, P=0. 003). PI3K was associated with AKT only in CSCC (r=0. 298, P=0. 018). Conclusions The expression of TLR4 can be up-regulated by HPV 16 infection. High expression of PI3K/AKT signal pathway mediated by TLR4 may play important roles in the devel-opment and progression of CIN and CSCC, and HPV 16 infection may be a trigger factor affecting the molecular signal pathway.
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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the relation between human papillomavirus (HPV16) infection and expression of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in cervical cell lines and cervical lesion tissues and to investigate the effect of TLR4 on cervical cancer progression.@*METHODS@#Expression of HPV16 E6 mRNA was detected by RT-PCR. Western blot and immunohistochemistry were used to detect the expression of TLR4 in H8, SiHa, Caski cell lines and formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded cervical tissue specimens with cervicitis, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical squamous cell carcinama (CSCC). DNA was extracted from paraffin-embedded cervical cancer tissues and HPV16 genes were detected.@*RESULTS@#The differentiation expression of HPV16 E6 mRNA and TLR4 in SiHa and Caski was significantly higher than that of normal cervical cell H8 (P0.05). The expression of TLR4 was significantly correlated with HPV16 infection in CIN and CSCC (r=0.303, P<0.05, r=0.633, P<0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#High expression of TLR4 may play important roles in the development and progression of CIN and CSCC, and the expression of TLR4 can be up-regulated by HPV16 infection.
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Female , Humans , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell , Metabolism , Virology , Cell Line, Tumor , Uterine Cervical Dysplasia , Metabolism , Virology , Human papillomavirus 16 , Immunohistochemistry , Lymphatic Metastasis , Oncogene Proteins, Viral , Metabolism , Papillomavirus Infections , Metabolism , RNA, Messenger , Repressor Proteins , Metabolism , Toll-Like Receptor 4 , Metabolism , Up-Regulation , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms , Metabolism , VirologyABSTRACT
This paper is to report the result of using ELISA to detect HBsAg-IgM complex in the serum of patients with viral hepatitis B. A series of serum samples of 35 patients,including 29 acute,2 subacute severe and 4 chronic active cases were tested. 28 normal individuals were also tested as control.HBsAg-IgM complex was discovered in the sera of all the patients in the first one or two weeks of hospitalization. It disappeared from the sera of 24 patients (among whom 10 have been followed up for more than 3 to 6 months) who recovered completely after 4 weeks of treatment. The disappearance of the complex occurred long before the clearance of HBsAg and the returning to normal levels of other biochemical parameters. In 5 cases of acute hepatitis with the tendency to be chronic and in those subacute and chronic cases,HBsAg-IgM complex delayed to disappear and could be found in the sera even 6 months later. All the normal controls were negative.It is suggested that the detection of HBsAg-IgM complex in the serum of hepatitis B patient may be used not only as a criterion to evaluate the prognosis of acute cases but also as an index to determine whether the patient is suffering an active disease process.