miR-139-5p inhibits proliferation and invasion of epithelial ovarian cancer cells by targeting Notch1 / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@# Objective: To explore the action mechanism of miR-139-5p inhibiting proliferation and invasion of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) cells by targetedly regulatingNotch1.Methods: A total of 24 pairs of EOC tissues and its corresponding para-cancerous tissues from patients, who underwent surgical resection in the DepartmentofGynecology,Nanyang Central Hospital of Henan Province, were collected for this study; in addition, human ovarian cancer cell lines (SKOV3, ES2, HEY-T30) and human ovarian epithelial cell line IOSE80 were also collected. Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) was applied to detectmRNAexpressionofmiR-139-5pandNotch1 in EOC tissues and cell lines. The miR-139-5p over-expression vector and recombinant plasmid pLV-Notch1 were transfected into SKOV3 cells. Blank control group (Ctrl group) and negative control group (NC group) were set up. Dual luciferase reporter gene assay was applied to verify the targeting relationship between miR-139-5p and Notch1 3'-UTR. CCK-8, Transwell and Scratch healing experiments were applied to detect cell proliferationinvasionandmigration, respectively. Western blotting was applied to detect expressions of proliferation and migration related proteins in cells. Results: Compared with para-cancerous tissues and IOSE80 cells, the expression of miR-139-5p was significantly decreased in EOC tissues and cell lines, while the expression of Notch1 mRNA was significantly increased (all P<0.01). The results of Dual luciferase reporter showed that Notch1 was the downstream target gene of miR-139-5p. Compared with NC group, cell proliferation, invasion and migration ability, expression levels of Notch1, NICD, Cyclin D1, Cyclin A1, Snail1, β-catenin and N-cadherin were all significantly decreased on 3 d in miR-139-5p mimic group (all P<0.01), while expression of E-cadherin was significantly increased (P<0.01); meanwhile, over-expression of Notch1 could reverse the inhibitory effect of miR-1395p on proliferation, invasion and migration of SKOV3 cells. Conclusion: miR-139-5p can targetedly regulate Notch1 to inhibit proliferation, invasion and migration of EOC cells, which may be related to its down-regulation of NICD, Cyclin D1, Cyclin A1, Snail1, βcatenin and N-cadherin, and up-regulation of E-cadherin.

Comparison between topical tacrolimus and potent topical steroids in treatment of childhood vitiligo / 重庆医学

Objective To assess which of topical tacrolimus and topical highly potent steroids,is more effective and safer in the treatment of pediatric vitiligo.Methods The PubMed,Cochrane library,Scopus and CINAHL plus databases were retrieved.The search was confined to English language articles.The randomized controlled trial(RCT) articles were included in our study.The quality of the identified articles was examined by using the CASP Randomised Controlled Trials Checklist.Results As a result,there were only a few studies related to the comparison.However,there were only two RCTs regarding a comparison of topical tacrolimus 0.1％ and clobetasol propionate 0.05 ％ in childhood vitiligo.Conclusion When the body surface area (BSA) involved in the child is ＜20 ％,and the disease is not rapidly spreading,topical therapy is the first choice.Topical tacrolimus may be considered as an alternative therapy for childhood vitiligo,especially for acrofacial and segmental types,before considering other modalities,but still need to observe long-term side effects.

Improvement in aureofuscin production by streptomyces aureofuscus with the addition of acetate and propionate sodium / Melhoria na produção aureofuscin por Streptomyces aureofaciens com a adição de acetato e propionato de sódio

Aureofuscin is an important tetraene macrolides antibiotic produced in submerged culture by Streptomyces aureofuscus isolated from the soil in China. In the present work, the effects of the addition of precursor on cell growth and the kinetics of aureofuscin production were investigated during submerged cultivation of Str. aureofuscus. The sodium acetate and sodium propionate are more suitable precursor than alcohol, sodium butyrate, n-propanol, nbutanol. The addition of acetate and propionic sodium at a ratio of 5:1 at a total concentration of 1.5mg mL−1 after 24 h showed stimulatory effects on aureofuscin production, reaching 3.708 mg mL−1 (approximately 267% increases in aureofuscin production, compared with the control culture). Moreover , A further enhancement in aureofuscin production was achieved by cultivation in a 5-L stirred-tank bioreactor under controlled pH conditions under the above optimum condition. The optimal fermentation conditions were that 4L/min ventilatory capacity, 220r/min rotational speed, dissolves oxygen not be lower than 20%, fermentation period 84h and pH should control nearby 5.5, and the maximum yield of aureofuscin of 3.99 mg mL−1 was achieved after 84 h When the sodium acetate and sodium propionate were added as a mixture of acetate and propionate at a ratio of 5:1 and a final concentration of 1.5 mg mL−1 after 24 h cultivation.